топам

Bulgarian

Etymology

  • Partially onomatopoeic, possibly inherited from Proto-Slavic *topati (cf. Slovene tāpati (to step, to tread quietly), Russian то́пать (tópatʹ, to stomp));
  • Partially denominal factitive from топ (top, cannonball) + -ам (-am) (of Turkish origin).

Verb

то́пам • (tópam) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective то́пна) (colloquial)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to beat, to tramp, to pound
    то́пам с кракtópam s krakto stomp with [one's] foot
  2. (transitive) to bounce, to jolt
    то́пам то́пкаtópam tópkato dribble a ball

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • то́пвам (tópvam) (semelfactive)
  • зато́пам pf (zatópam), зато́пвам impf (zatópvam)
  • изто́пам pf (iztópam), изто́пвам impf (iztópvam)
  • нато́пам pf (natópam), нато́пвам impf (natópvam)
  • пото́пам pf (potópam), пото́пвам impf (potópvam)

References

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtopəm]

Noun

то́пам • (tópam) m inan pl

  1. dative plural of топ (top)
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