Lemizh / English dictionary

dràph.

to make bitter, to give a bitter taste to something-dat

drèph. magnesium (symbol: Π)

Etymology

contamination of
< NLem drOp‑a ‘acrid, pungent’
< LMLem, MLem drep‑ir ‘midge biting season’
< OLem drep‑ ‘tear, bite off’ [especially said of small animals]
< PLem *dref‑ ‘cut, tear (off)’, Narten present of
< PIE *drep‑
 —with—
< NLem abc‑a ‘(unpleasantly) bitter’
< LMLem, MLem abgc‑yr ‘bitter’
< Ghe apqshˇ‑ə̄ /abɢʒɯː/

Cognates

Gk δρέπτω ‘pluck, pick’, Slov dȓpljem ‘pluck, tear’