drup

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drœp/

Etymology 1

From Dutch drup, by-form of drop, from Middle Dutch drop. The sense “drip” is a semantic loan from English drip.

Noun

drup (plural druppe)

1. A drop of a liquid.

   Synonym: druppel

2. A drip, an intravenous.

Etymology 2

From Dutch druppen, from Middle Dutch droppen.

Verb

drup (present drup, present participle druppende, past participle gedrup)

1. (intransitive) to drip

Dutch

Etymology

This form is very likely based on druppel, which is a suffixed derivate of drop that displays the effects of i-umlaut due to the suffix -el, which triggers it; drup is otherwise not at all an expected reflex of Proto-Germanic *drupô, as the short Germanic *u regularly yields Dutch o, not u.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drʏp/

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• Hyphenation: drup
• Rhymes: -ʏp

Noun

drup m (plural druppen, diminutive drupje n or druppie n)

1. alternative form of drop (“droplet”)

References

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “drop¹”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute