нахождам

Bulgarian

Etymology

Formed from the perfective via iterative ja-conjugation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɐˈxɔʒdɐm]
  • Rhymes: -ɔʒdɐm
  • Syllabification(key): на‧хож‧дам

Verb

нахо́ждам • (nahóždam) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective нахо́дя or на́йда) (dialectal)

  1. (transitive) imperfective form of нахо́дя (nahódja, to encounter)
  2. (figurative) to chance upon, to come by adventitiously
    нахождам удобен моментnahoždam udoben momentto find [by chance] a suitable time

Conjugation

Alternative forms

  • нахо́дям (nahódjam), на'о́гям (na'ógjam)dialectal
  • нахо́двам (nahódvam) (semelfactive)

References

  • нахождам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • нахождам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010