гепя

Bulgarian

Etymology

Probably of expressive or onomatopoeic origin, similar to Bulgarian цепя (cepja, to cleave), депвам (depvam, to strike), тепам (tepam, to beat, to stomp), клепам (klepam, to blunt, to dull an edge). Attested also in Serbo-Croatian ге̏пити (to steal)

Compare also Russian го́пник (gópnik, hooligan, ill-mannered person).

Verb

ге́пя (gépja) pf

  1. (transitive, colloquial) to steal, to snatch
    Synonym: крада (krada)

Conjugation

  • кепцам (kepcam, to get into debt, to borrow a loan without paying it back)

References

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