чертая

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьrtati. By surface analysis, черта́ (čertá, dash) +‎ -а́я (-ája).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃɛrˈtajɐ]
  • Audio (Standard Bulgarian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ajɐ
  • Syllabification(key): чер‧та‧я
  • Hyphenation(key): чер‧тая

Verb

черта́я • (čertája) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to draw, to sketch, to scrabble
    черта́я ски́ца (transitive)čertája skícato draw a sketch
    черта́я си по пя́съка (intransitive)čertája si po pjásǎkato be scrabbling on the sand
  2. (transitive) to trace, to mark, to outline
  3. (transitive, figurative) to plot plans, to scheme

Conjugation

Derived terms

nouns
verbs
  • зачерта́я pf (začertája), зачерта́вам impf (začertávam)
  • изчерта́я pf (izčertája), изчерта́вам impf (izčertávam)
  • начерта́я pf (načertája), начерта́вам impf (načertávam)
  • очерта́я pf (očertája), очерта́вам impf (očertávam)
  • подчерта́я pf (podčertája), подчерта́вам impf (podčertávam)
  • почерта́я pf (počertája), почерта́вам impf (počertávam)
  • предначерта́я pf (prednačertája), предначерта́вам impf (prednačertávam)
  • преразчерта́я pf (prerazčertája), преразчерта́вам impf (prerazčertávam)
  • пречерта́я pf (prečertája), пречерта́вам impf (prečertávam)

References

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