Bulgarian

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Slavic *blěščiti (to glance, to flash), a denominal inchoative of бля́сък (bljásǎk, glow, glamour) +‎ (-ja). Diachronically related to Etymology 2.

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  • IPA(key): [ˈblɛʃtʲɐ]
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бле́щя (bléštja) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (transitive, colloquial) to goggle, to protrude eyes (in order to get a glimpse of sth) + очи́ (očí, eyes)
    Synonyms: пу́ля (púlja), коко́ря (kokórja), впе́рвам (vpérvam), втора́чвам (vtoráčvam)
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References

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  • бле́щя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • бле́щя очи”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бле́щя (се)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 56

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Slavic *bliscati, *blьščati, *blьstěti (to shine, to radiate), a reanalyzed ské-present of an earlier *blizti.

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блещя́ (bleštjá) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective блесна́)

  1. (intransitive, obsolescent) Alternative form of блестя́ (blestjá, to shine, to shimmer)
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Etymology 3

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Possibly a dialectal variant of synonymous пле́щя (pléštja) (from пля́скам (pljáskam, to clap)) or from a fussion of бле́я (bléja, to bleat) + врещя́ (vreštjá, to groan, to whine). Sometimes also compared with the outcome of Proto-Slavic *blęsti (to blend words, to err), despite objectively incompatible with it.

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бле́щя (bléštja) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (transitive, dialectal) to blather, to utter nonsense; to say something absurd (semantically incomprehensive)
    Synonyms: бръ́твя (brǎ́tvja), бръщоле́вя (brǎštolévja), дръ́нкам (drǎ́nkam), пле́щя (pléštja)
    бле́щя врели-некипелиbléštja vreli-nekipelito utter nonsense
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Further reading

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  • плещя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • блѧсти in Исторически речник на българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"