опека

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *opeťi. By surface analysis, о- (o-) +‎ пека́ (peká).

• IPA^(key): [opɛˈkɤ]

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• Rhymes: -kɤ
• Syllabification^(key): о‧пе‧ка
• Hyphenation^(key): опе‧ка

опека́ • (opeká) first-singular present indicative, pf (imperfective опи́чам)

1. (transitive) to cook up
   1. to bake (in an oven)
   2. to toast (in a toaster)
   3. to grill, to broil (on а grill, barbeque, rotisserie, etc.)
   4. (rare) to roast, to fry (in a fryer)

      Synonym: (standard term) пъ́ржа (pǎ́rža)

2. (ambitransitive, figurative) to blaze, to scorch, to sear (of a heat source)

   Топликът опече посевите. (transitive)

   Toplikǎt opeče posevite.

   The scorching heat has seared the plantings.

   Лете, когато слънцето опече, тука става непоносимо горещо. (intransitive)

   Lete, kogato slǎnceto opeče, tuka stava neponosimo gorešto.

   In summer time, when the sun starts blazing, here it gets unbearably hot.

3. (reflexive with си, figurative) to secure, to procure

   опичам си работата (idiomic) ― opičam si rabotata ― to secure one's business

4. (reflexive with се) to get cooked, baked, grilled

   Месото се пече на скарата. ― Mesoto se peče na skarata. ― The meat is getting cooked on the grill.

5. (reflexive with се, figurative) to sunbath

• “опека́”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “опека (гл.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899), “опекѫ́, -че́шь; опе́кохъ; опе́клъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 369

Diachronically, borrowed from Russian опе́ка (opéka). Synchronically, an action noun of Etymology 1.

• IPA^(key): [oˈpɛkɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
• Syllabification^(key): о‧пе‧ка
• Hyphenation^(key): опе‧ка

опе́ка • (opéka) f

1. (judicious) wardship, guardianship, legal care

   под опека ― pod opeka ― in ward

   предоставям някому опека ― predostavjam njakomu opeka ― to provide s.o. [with] wardship

• попечи́телство (popečítelstvo, “custody”)

• “опе́ка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “опека (същ.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “опе́ка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 898

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *o(b)peka, a calque of Latin prōcūrātor. Compare Czech рéčе, Ukrainian опі́ка (opíka).

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈpʲekə]

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опе́ка • (opéka) f inan (genitive опе́ки, nominative plural опе́ки, genitive plural опе́к)

1. guardianship, wardship, tutelage, custody
2. trusteeship
3. guardians, board of guardians
4. care, surveillance

• опека́ть (opekátʹ)
• опеку́н (opekún)
• подопе́чный (podopéčnyj)

Deverbal from о̀пећи.

• IPA^(key): /ôpeka/
• Hyphenation: о‧пе‧ка

о̏пека f (Latin spelling ȍpeka)

1. brick (hardened block used for building)

   Synonym: ци́гла

• “опека”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026