омазвам

Bulgarian

Etymology

From ома́жа (omáža, to smear, to grease) +‎ -вам (-vam).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [oˈmazvɐm]
  • Rhymes: -azvɐm
  • Syllabification(key): о‧маз‧вам
  • Hyphenation(key): омаз‧вам

Verb

ома́звам • (omázvam) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective ома́жа)

  1. (transitive) to smear, to grease, to oil (to accidentally or thoroughly cover something with grease or fat)
  2. (transitive, colloquial) to soil, to stain, to dirty (to make something dirty with a substance)
  3. (reflexive with се) to get dirty, to get smirched
  4. (transitive, dialectal) to benefit someone, to bribe, to enrich
  5. (intransitive, dialectal) to profit, to benefit, to gain (from a situation)

Conjugation

References

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