нямам

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Synchronically, from не (ne) +‎ имам (imam). Diachronically, appears to be from Old Church Slavonic нѣмамь (němamĭ), explaining the dialectal variation between нямам (njamam) and немам (nemam) on either side of the ятова граница (jatova granica, yat border). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Cognate with Belarusian няма́ (njamá), Serbo-Croatian nemati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnʲa̟mɐm]
  • Audio (Standard Bulgarian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -amɐm
  • Syllabification(key): ня‧мам

Verb

ня́мам • (njámam) first-singular present indicativeimpf or pf

  1. (transitive) to not have, to lack
  2. (impersonal) to be absent, be unavailable
  3. (auxiliary) the present of нямам is used with the particle да (da) to form the negative future tense and future perfect tense
  4. (auxiliary) the imperfect of нямам is used with the particle да (da) to form the negative future tense in the past and future perfect in the past

Conjugation