Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

From гудя (gudja, to put, to set, to take on) +‎ -ям (-jam), formally from *guďati.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡuʒdɐm]
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Verb edit

гу́ждам (gúždam) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective гу́дя) (dialectal)

  1. (transitive, dated) to put, to set up, to take on
    Synonyms: поставям (postavjam), турям (turjam), слагам (slagam)
    гудя си главата в торбата
    gudja si glavata v torbata
    to take on a high-risk task
  2. (transitive) to get, to have (plan, intention, idea)
    гудя намерение да
    gudja namerenie da
    I have intention to
  3. (reflexive with се) to put oneself in someone's shoes

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References edit

  • гуждам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гу̀дя, гу̀ждам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 293