ставя

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *staviti. Synchronically, a causative-iterative of став (stav, “composition”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈstavʲɐ]

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• Rhymes: -avʲɐ
• Syllabification^(key): ста‧вя

ста́вя • (stávja) first-singular present indicative, pf (imperfective ста́вям) (obsolete)

1. (transitive) to set, to arrange
   1. to put, to place, to position (in a designated place)
   2. to give [something] that remains for a long time

      ставя прякор някому ― stavja prjakor njakomu ― to give s.o. a nickname

   3. to leave [something], to give up

      ставил къща и имане ― stavil kǎšta i imane ― to have left household and property

   4. to appoint, to assign

      Стар съм вече и сакам да ставя някого да ме замести.

      Star sǎm veče i sakam da stavja njakogo da me zamesti.

      I am already old and I would like to appoint s.o. as my substitute.

2. (transitive, dialectal) to order
   1. to prepare, to procure

      ставя трапезата за вечеря ― stavja trapezata za večerja ― to prepare the table for dinner

   2. to coach, to instruct

      ставя някого как да свърши нещо ― stavja njakogo kak da svǎrši nešto ― to instruct s.o. how to do smth.

• ста́вам impf (stávam), ста́на pf (stána, “to become, to stand up”)
• став (stav, “composition”)
• ста́ва (stáva, “joint”)

• Nayden Gerov; Тодор Панчев (1904), “ста́вѭ, -ишь; -ви́лъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 251
• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “ста́вям, ста́вя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, pages 424-426

• всята (vsjata), сватя (svatja), свята (svjata)

• IPA^(key): [ˈstavʲə]

ста́вя • (stávja)

1. present adverbial imperfective participle of ста́вить (stávitʹ)