блътам

Bulgarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic element (cf. Proto-Slavic *bьltati (“to babble, to dangle”) whence doublet бълта́я (bǎltája)), possibly with influence from a grammatical verb referring to “roaming” (cf. Proto-Slavic *blǫkati, *blǫtiti (“to rove, to wander”) whence Serbo-Croatian блу́тити).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɫɤtɐm]
  • (file)

Verb

блъ́там • (blǎ́tam) first-singular present indicative, impf (dialectal)

  1. (intransitive) to roam without direction; to stray, to divagate (from the right way)
    Synonyms: лу́там се (lútam se), ски́там се (skítam se), блужда́я (bluždája)
  2. (reflexive with се) to get lost, to err

Conjugation

  • блук (bluk), блут (blut, “ford, crossing”) (dialectal)

Verb

блъ́там • (blǎ́tam) first-singular present indicative, impf (dialectal)

  1. (intransitive) to blather, to talk nonsense
    Synonyms: бле́щя (bléštja), бръ́твя (brǎ́tvja)

Conjugation

  • блъто́ря (blǎtórja, “to talk in one's dream”) (dialectal)
  • бълта́я (bǎltája, “to babble, to make a tirade”) (dialectal)

References

  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “блътам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 58

Further reading

  • Galabov, Ivan (1965) Българска диалектология [Bulgarian dialectology], volume II, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 71
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.