Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *bľьvati, iterative or punctual counterpart to dialectal блю́я (bljúja, to gush, to surge), бю́вам (bjúvam, to vomit).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɤɫvɐm]
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Verb edit

бъ́лвам (bǎ́lvam) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective блъ́вна)

  1. (intransitive) to vomit, to puke; to belch, to burp
  2. (transitive) to gush, to erupt, to spout
    пе́чката бъ́лва димpéčkata bǎ́lva dimthe oven ejects/emits smoke
  3. (ditransitive, figurative) to lash, to barb insults or curses [towards someone]
    бъ́лвам зми́и и гу́щериbǎ́lvam zmíi i gúšterito lash out (literally, “to gush out snakes and lizards”)

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References edit

  • бълвам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • бълвам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бълвам, блъвна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 98