Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьrpъ

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

Formed from the present stem of *derti (“to tear”) +‎ *-pъ, from Proto-Indo-European *derH- (“to tear”).

Noun

*dьrpъ m

act of pulling, dragging

Declension

Declension of *dьrpъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dьrpъ	*dьrpa	*dьrpi
genitive	*dьrpa	*dьrpu	*dьrpъ
dative	*dьrpu	*dьrpoma	*dьrpomъ
accusative	*dьrpъ	*dьrpa	*dьrpy
instrumental	dьrpъmь, dьrpomь^*	*dьrpoma	*dьrpy
locative	*dьrpě	*dьrpu	*dьrpěxъ
vocative	*dьrpe	*dьrpa	*dьrpi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

*dьrati (“to tear”)
*dьrpati (“to pull, to drag”)
*drapati (“to scratch”)

Derived terms

*dьrpavъ (“ragged, tattered”)

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: дръп (drǎp) (often used as an interjection for Pull!)

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), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 464
дръп in Речник на Българския език, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences