Bulgarian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛjɐ]
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Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vějati.

Verb edit

ве́я (véja) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (intransitive) to blow, to wind, to gust
    Synonyms: ду́хам (dúham), лъ́хам (lǎ́ham), (dialectal) стру́жа (strúža)
    вя́търът ве́еvjátǎrǎt véethe wind is blowing
  2. (transitive) to winnow (to apply gust of air in order to separate chaff from grain)
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References edit

  • вея”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • вея”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вея”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 141
  • вѣꙗти”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024
 
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Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věja, related via o-ablaut to Bulgarian ви́я (víja, to turn, to twine).

Noun edit

ве́я (véjaf (diminutive ве́йка) (archaic, obsolete)

  1. stem, burgeon, twig
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In the modern language, only the diminutive вейка (vejka) has survived.

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Participle edit

ве́я (véja)

  1. present adverbial imperfective participle of ве́ять (véjatʹ)