Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьrpati

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *dьràti (“to tear, to flay”) +‎ *-pati.

Verb

*dьrpàti impf (perfective *dьrpnǫti)

1. to pull, to drag
2. to stretch

   (by extension) → to tear apart

Inflection

Conjugation of *dьrpati, *dьrpa, *dьrpajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*dьrpanьje	*dьrpati	*dьrpatъ	*dьrpalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*dьrpanъ	*dьrpajemъ
Active	*dьrpavъ	*dьrpaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*dьrpaxъ	*dьrpa	*dьrpa	*dьrpajǫ	*dьrpaješi	*dьrpajetь
Dual	*dьrpaxově	*dьrpasta	*dьrpaste	*dьrpajevě	*dьrpajeta	*dьrpajete
Plural	*dьrpaxomъ	*dьrpaste	*dьrpašę	*dьrpajemъ	*dьrpajete	*dьrpajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*dьrpaaxъ	*dьrpaaše	*dьrpaaše	—	*dьrpaji	*dьrpaji
Dual	*dьrpaaxově	*dьrpaašeta	*dьrpaašete	*dьrpajivě	*dьrpajita	—
Plural	*dьrpaaxomъ	*dьrpaašete	*dьrpaaxǫ	*dьrpajimъ	*dьrpajite	—

Related terms

• *dьrpъ (“act of pulling, dragging”)
• *dьràti (“to tear, to flay”)
• *drapati (“to scratch”)

Derived terms

• *dьrpavъ (“ragged, tattered”)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: дъ́рпам (dǎ́rpam)
  • Macedonian: др́па (dŕpa)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: др́пати

    Latin script: dŕpati

  • Slovene: dŕpati

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dьrpati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 225
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дърпам, дръпвам, дръпна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 464