соча

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sočìti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɔt͡ʃɐ]
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  • Rhymes: -ɔt͡ʃɐ
  • Syllabification(key): со‧ча

Verb

со́ча • (sóča) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (transitive) to indicate
    1. to point out, to stipulate, to direct someone's attention at something
      со́ча тру́дноститеsóča trúdnostiteto point out the difficulties
      това́ со́чи, че...tová sóči, če...this indicates that...
    2. to direct, to guide, to show
      со́ча посо́ката ня́комуsóča posókata njákomuto show the direction to s.o.
  2. (intransitive) to point
    1. to point at/to [someone/something] with a tool or through a gesture
      со́чa ня́кого с пръстsóča njákogo s prǎstto point a finger at s.o.
    2. to point, to be oriented [with на (na) ‘in a certain direction’]
      Зна́кът со́чи надя́сно.
      Znákǎt sóči nadjásno.
      The sign points to the right.
    3. (dialectal) to appear as, to be indicative of
      Цени́те со́чат да раста́т.
      Ceníte sóčat da rastát.
      The prices appear to be rising.
    4. (dialectal, figurative) to tend, to gravitate [with към (kǎm) ‘towards a state’; or with на (na) ‘onto a position’]
      Вре́мето со́чи към дъжд.
      Vrémeto sóči kǎm dǎžd.
      The weather tends towards rain.
  3. (reflexive with се) to point to oneself

Conjugation

Derived terms

verbs
  • засо́ча pf (zasóča), засо́чвам impf (zasóčvam)
  • насо́ча pf (nasóča), насо́чвам impf (nasóčvam)
  • осо́ча pf (osóča), осо́чвам impf (osóčvam)
  • посо́ча pf (posóča), посо́чвам impf (posóčvam)
  • пренасо́ча pf (prenasóča), пренасо́чвам impf (prenasóčvam)
  • усо́ча pf (usóča), усо́чвам impf (usóčvam)
nouns

References

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɐˈt͡ɕa]

Participle

соча́ • (sočá)

  1. present adverbial imperfective participle of сочи́ть (sočítʹ)