срещам

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъrěťati, a factitive variant of *sъrěsti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsrɛʃtɐm]

Verb

сре́щам • (sréštam) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective сре́щна)

1. (transitive) to encounter, to meet

   срещам отказ ― sreštam otkaz ― to get rejected (literally, “to meet a refusal”)

   срещам съпротива ― sreštam sǎprotiva ― to meet resistance

   Срещнах я на гарата.

   Sreštnah ja na garata.

   I met her at the station.

2. (transitive) to meet, to satisfy (requirements, demands)

   Това предположение не среща научно потвърждение.

   Tova predpoloženie ne srešta naučno potvǎrždenie.

   This conjecture does not get scientific confirmation.

3. (reflexive with се) to meet, to see each other; (in romantic sense) to date

Conjugation

    Conjugation of сре́щам (conjugation 3, imperfective, transitive)

participles		present active participle	past active aorist participle	past active imperfect participle	past passive participle	verbal noun	adverbial participle
masculine	indefinite	сре́щащ sréštašt	сре́щал, среща́л1 sréštal, sreštál1	сре́щал sréštal	сре́щан sréštan		сре́щайки sréštajki
	definite subject form	сре́щащият sréštaštijat	сре́щалият, среща́лият1 sréštalijat, sreštálijat1	—	сре́щаният sréštanijat
	definite object form	сре́щащия sréštaštija	сре́щалия, среща́лия1 sréštalija, sreštálija1	—	сре́щания sréštanija
feminine	indefinite	сре́щаща sréštašta	сре́щала, среща́ла1 sréštala, sreštála1	сре́щала sréštala	сре́щана sréštana
	definite	сре́щащата sréštaštata	сре́щалата, среща́лата1 sréštalata, sreštálata1	—	сре́щаната sréštanata
neuter	indefinite	сре́щащо sréštašto	сре́щало, среща́ло1 sréštalo, sreštálo1	сре́щало sréštalo	сре́щано sréštano	сре́щане sréštane
	definite	сре́щащото sréštaštoto	сре́щалото, среща́лото1 sréštaloto, sreštáloto1	—	сре́щаното sréštanoto	сре́щането sréštaneto
plural	indefinite	сре́щащи sréštašti	сре́щали, среща́ли1 sréštali, sreštáli1	сре́щали sréštali	сре́щани sréštani	сре́щания, сре́щанета sréštanija, sréštaneta
	definite	сре́щащите sréštaštite	сре́щалите, среща́лите1 sréštalite, sreštálite1	—	сре́щаните sréštanite	сре́щанията, сре́щанетата sréštanijata, sréštanetata

person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present		сре́щам sréštam	сре́щаш sréštaš	сре́ща sréšta	сре́щаме sréštame	сре́щате sréštate	сре́щат sréštat
imperfect		сре́щах sréštah	сре́щаше sréštaše	сре́щаше sréštaše	сре́щахме sréštahme	сре́щахте sréštahte	сре́щаха sréštaha
aorist		сре́щах, среща́х1 sréštah, sreštáh1	сре́ща, среща́1 sréšta, sreštá1	сре́ща, среща́1 sréšta, sreštá1	сре́щахме, среща́хме1 sréštahme, sreštáhme1	сре́щахте, среща́хте1 sréštahte, sreštáhte1	сре́щаха, среща́ха1 sréštaha, sreštáha1
future	pos.	Use ще followed by the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́ма да followed by the present indicative tense
future in the past	pos.	Use the imperfect indicative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́маше да followed by the present indicative tense
present perfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and сре́щал/среща́л1 m, сре́щала/среща́ла1 f, сре́щало/среща́ло1 n, or сре́щали/среща́ли1 pl
past perfect		Use the imperfect indicative tense of съм and сре́щал/среща́л1 m, сре́щала/среща́ла1 f, сре́щало/среща́ло1 n, or сре́щали/среща́ли1 pl
future perfect		Use the future indicative tense of съм and сре́щал/среща́л1 m, сре́щала/среща́ла1 f, сре́щало/среща́ло1 n, or сре́щали/среща́ли1 pl
future perfect in the past		Use the future in the past indicative tense of съм and сре́щал/среща́л1 m, сре́щала/среща́ла1 f, сре́щало/среща́ло1 n, or сре́щали/среща́ли1 pl
renarrative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and сре́щал m, сре́щала f, сре́щало n, or сре́щали pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and сре́щал/среща́л1 m, сре́щала/среща́ла1 f, сре́щало/среща́ло1 n, or сре́щали/среща́ли1 pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́мало да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and сре́щал/среща́л1 m, сре́щала/среща́ла1 f, сре́щало/среща́ло1 n, or сре́щали/среща́ли1 pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past renarrative tense of съм and сре́щал/среща́л1 m, сре́щала/среща́ла1 f, сре́щало/среща́ло1 n, or сре́щали/среща́ли1 pl
dubitative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and сре́щал m, сре́щала f, сре́щало n, or сре́щали pl
aorist		Use the aorist renarrative tense of съм and сре́щал/среща́л1 m, сре́щала/среща́ла1 f, сре́щало/среща́ло1 n, or сре́щали/среща́ли1 pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect dubitative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́мало било́ да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		none
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past dubitative tense of съм and сре́щал/среща́л1 m, сре́щала/среща́ла1 f, сре́щало/среща́ло1 n, or сре́щали/среща́ли1 pl
conclusive		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and сре́щал m, сре́щала f, сре́щало n, or сре́щали pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм and сре́щал/среща́л1 m, сре́щала/среща́ла1 f, сре́щало/среща́ло1 n, or сре́щали/среща́ли1 pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect conclusive tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́мало е да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		Use the present/imperfect conclusive tense of съм and сре́щал/среща́л1 m, сре́щала/среща́ла1 f, сре́щало/среща́ло1 n, or сре́щали/среща́ли1 pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past conclusive tense of съм and сре́щал/среща́л1 m, сре́щала/среща́ла1 f, сре́щало/среща́ло1 n, or сре́щали/среща́ли1 pl
conditional		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
		Use the first aorist indicative tense of бъ́да and сре́щал/среща́л1 m, сре́щала/среща́ла1 f, сре́щало/среща́ло1 n, or сре́щали/среща́ли1 pl
imperative		-	ти	-	-	вие	-
			сре́щай sréštaj			сре́щайте sréštajte

¹Dialectally marked.

Alternative forms

• сре́тя (srétja), сре́там (srétam) — dialectal

Derived terms

• засрещам impf (zasreštam), засрещна pf (zasreštna)
• посрещам impf (posreštam), посрещна pf (posreštna)
• пресрещам impf (presreštam), пресрещна pf (presreštna)
• сре́щба (sréštba) (action noun, dialectal)
• среща́ч m (sreštáč), среща́чка f (sreštáčka) (agent nouns, obsolescent)

References

• “срещам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “срѣ́щамь (да срѣ́щнѫ, срѣ́щнувамь)”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 247
• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “срещам, срещна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 419
• “сърѣтати”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024