бедя

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɛˈdʲɤ̟]
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  • Rhymes: -dʲɤ
  • Syllabification(key): бе‧дя

Etymology 1

Causative-iterative of беда́ (bedá, trouble, woe), originally meaning “to cause trouble”.

Verb

бедя́ • (bedjá) first-singular present indicativeimpf (colloquial)

  1. (transitive) to accuse, to blame, to lay charges
    бедя някого за нещоbedja njakogo za neštoto blame s.o. for smth.
  2. (by extension) to slander, to badmouth, to defame (to accuse unjustly)
  3. (reflexive with се) to blame each other
    взаимно се бедятvzaimno se bedjatto mutually blame each other
Conjugation
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  • забедя pf (zabedja), забеждавам impf (zabeždavam)
  • набедя pf (nabedja), набеждавам impf (nabeždavam)
  • победя pf (pobedja), побеждавам impf (pobeždavam)
  • избедя pf (izbedja), избедявам impf (izbedjavam)
  • бедне́я (bednéja, to be poor)
  • бе́дствам (bédstvam, to experience calamity)

References

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *běditi (to coerce). Possibly identical to Etymology 1. See Proto-Slavic entry for further discussion.

Verb

бедя́ • (bedjá) first-singular present indicativeimpf (dated, dialectal)

  1. (transitive) to persuade, to talk into
    бедя някого да направи нещоbedja njakogo da napravi neštoto persuade s.o. to do smth.
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