Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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 на пя́съка (intransitive)čertája si na pjásǎkato be scrabbling on the sand
  2. (transitive) to trace, to mark, to outline
  3. (transitive, figurative) to plot plans, to scheme

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • 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