See also: лёжа

Bulgarian edit

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic лежати (ležati),from Proto-Slavic *ležati.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [lɛˈʒɤ̟] (lemma)
  • IPA(key): [lɛˈʒa̟] (aorist)

Verb edit

лежа́ (ležá) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (intransitive, stative) to lie
    1. to be or to stay at rest in a horizontal position
      Книгата лежи на масата.Knigata leži na masata.The book is lying on the table.
    2. to underlie
      лежа в основата наleža v osnovata nato lie at the root of
    3. to lie sick, to be laid up (to be sick in bed)
    4. (of birds) to lie on eggs (in order to keep them warm), to incubate
  2. (intransitive, iterative) to repose, to be situated
    1. to remain poised or stationary in the air, to hang
      Гъста мъгла лежи над клисурата.
      Gǎsta mǎgla leži nad klisurata.
      А heavy fog is hanging over the gorge.
    2. to lie idle, to be idle, to remain idle, to do noting
      Synonyms: мързелувам (mǎrzeluvam), безделнича (bezdelniča), бездействам (bezdejstvam)
    3. (figurative) to serve a term in prison, to do time
      лежах X години в затвораležah X godini v zatvorato had served X years in prison

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лежа́ (ležá)

  1. second-person singular aorist indicative of лежа́ (ležá)
  2. third-person singular aorist indicative of лежа́ (ležá)

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