drapa

See also: dräpa and драпа

English

Alternative forms
  • drápa

Etymology

From Old Norse drápa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɹɑːpə/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːpə

Noun

drapa (plural drapur)

  1. A heroic, laudatory verse form in old Icelandic, popular between the 10th and 13th centuries and featuring a refrain
    • 1997, Bernard Scudder (tranlator), Egil's Saga, in The Sagas of Icelanders (Penguin 2001, p. 91)
      Egil composed a drapa in praise of the king which includes the following verse —

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French

Verb

drapa

  1. third-person singular past historic of draper

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms
  • drapjo

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈdrapa]

Verb

drapa

  1. third-person singular present of drapaś

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

drapa n

  1. definite plural of drap

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

drapa n

  1. definite plural of drap

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French draper.

Verb

a drapa (third-person singular present drapează, past participle drapat) 1st conj.

  1. to drape

Conjugation
    conjugation of drapa (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a drapa
gerund drapând
past participle drapat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present drapez drapezi drapează drapăm drapați drapează
imperfect drapam drapai drapa drapam drapați drapau
simple perfect drapai drapași drapă draparăm draparăți drapară
pluperfect drapasem drapaseși drapase drapaserăm drapaserăți drapaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să drapez să drapezi să drapeze să drapăm să drapați să drapeze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative drapează drapați
negative nu drapa nu drapați

Swedish

Etymology

From Icelandic drápa, likely originally in the sense "song over a slain man". Doublet of dråp and dräpa.

Noun

drapa c

  1. panegyric
  2. (ironic) polemical article

Declension
Declension of drapa 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative drapa drapan drapor draporna
Genitive drapas drapans drapors drapornas

References
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