пъпля

Bulgarian

Etymology

Per BER, an archaic duplicated iterative from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (to flow, to fold, to drive).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɤplʲɐ]

Verb

пъ́пля • (pǎ́plja) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective пъ́плям)

  1. (intransitive) to creep, to slither, to slug (for arthropod or another small creature)
  2. (figurative, intransitive) to proceed, to propagate, to spread slowly or in small steps
  3. (dialectal, intransitive) to simmer, to burble, to brew on slow fire (for food preparation)
    Synonym: къ́кря (kǎ́krja)

Conjugation

Alternative forms

  • по́пля (póplja) dialectal

Derived terms

  • пъ́плеж (pǎ́plež, slow procession)
  • пъпля́к (pǎplják, mob, riffraff) (dialectal)
  • пълзя́ (pǎlzjá, to crawl), плъ́згам (plǎ́zgam, to slip, to slide)
  • пъ́лен (pǎ́len, full)

References

  • пъпля”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • пъпля”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “пъпля”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 65
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