блещя

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *blěščiti (“to glance, to flash”), a denominal inchoative of бля́сък (bljásǎk, “glow, glamour”) +‎ -я (-ja). Diachronically related to Etymology 2.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈblɛʃtʲɐ]
  • (file)

Verb

бле́щя • (bléštja) first-singular present indicative, impf

  1. (transitive, colloquial) to goggle, to protrude eyes (in order to get a glimpse of sth) + очи́ (očí, “eyes”)
    Synonyms: пу́ля (púlja), коко́ря (kokórja), впе́рвам (vpérvam), втора́чвам (vtoráčvam)
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • бле́щя се (bléštja se, “to gawk, to stare with wide eyes”) (reflexive)
  • забле́щя pf (zabléštja), забле́щвам impf (zabléštvam)
  • изле́щя pf (izléštja), избле́щвам impf (izbléštvam)
  • обле́щя pf (obléštja), обле́щвам impf (obléštvam)
  • бле́щене (bléštene, “goggling”)

References

  • “бле́щя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “бле́щя очи”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бле́щя (се)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 56

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *bliscati, *blьščati, *blьstěti (“to shine, to radiate”), a reanalyzed ské-present of an earlier *blizti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [blɛʃˈtʲɤ̟]
  • (file)

Verb

блещя́ • (bleštjá) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective блесна́)

  1. (intransitive, obsolescent) Alternative form of блестя́ (blestjá, “to shine, to shimmer”)
Conjugation
Alternative forms
  • бля́скам (bljáskam), бле́скам (bléskam), блъщя́ (blǎštjá)
Derived terms
  • блещу́кам (bleštúkam, “to glimmer”)
  • блеще́ние (blešténie, “shining, illumination”)
  • бля́скав (bljáskav, “brilliant, dazzling”)
    • блеска́вица (bleskávica, “lightning”) (dialectal)

References

Etymology 3

Possibly a dialectal variant of synonymous пле́щя (pléštja) (from пля́скам (pljáskam, “to clap”)) or from a fussion of бле́я (bléja, “to bleat”) + врещя́ (vreštjá, “to groan, to whine”). Sometimes also compared with the outcome of Proto-Slavic *blęsti (“to blend words, to err”), despite objectively incompatible with it.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈblɛʃtʲɐ]
  • (file)

Verb

бле́щя • (bléštja) first-singular present indicative, impf

  1. (transitive, dialectal) to blather, to utter nonsense; to say something absurd (semantically incomprehensive)
    Synonyms: бръ́твя (brǎ́tvja), бръщоле́вя (brǎštolévja), дръ́нкам (drǎ́nkam), пле́щя (pléštja)
    бле́щя врели-некипели ― bléštja vreli-nekipeli ― to utter nonsense
Conjugation

Further reading

  • “плещя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • блѧсти in Исторически речник на българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"
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