купя

See also: купа

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kupiti (“to purchase”), of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkupʲɐ]
  • Hyphenation(key): ку‧пя

Verb

ку́пя • (kúpja) first-singular present indicative, pf (imperfective купу́вам)

  1. (transitive) to buy, to purchase
    Тря́бва да ку́пя плодове́ и зеленчу́ци
    Trjábva da kúpja plodové i zelenčúci
    I need to buy fruit and vegetables
  2. (transitive) to procure, to attain for a fee (product, service, commodity)
    Synonym: наба́вя (nabávja)
Conjugation
Derived terms

References

  • “купя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “купя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kupiti (“to pile”). Synchronically, the causative-iterative denominal of куп (kup, “pile”) +‎ -я (-ja).

In the modern language, perceived as an imperfective variant of Etymology 1.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [koˈpʲa̟]

Verb

купя́ • (kupjá) first-singular present indicative, impf (obsolete, dialectal)

  1. (transitive) to aggregate, to amass, to stack up
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • вкупя pf (vkupja), вкупявам impf (vkupjavam, “to amalgamate”) (dialectal)
  • разкупя pf (razkupja), разкупявам impf (razkupjavam, “to segregate, to sort out”) (dialectal)

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