жда

Bulgarian

Etymology

Convergence of ща да (šta da, “to will, to seek to”) (< Old Church Slavonic хътѣти (xŭtěti)< Proto-Slavic *xъtěti) and dialectal жъда́ (žǎdá, “to await”) (< Old Church Slavonic жьдати (žĭdati)< Proto-Slavic *žьdati).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʒdɤ]

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Particle

жда • (žda)

1. (nonstandard, dialectal) used to form (periphrastic) future and future perfect tense

Alternative forms

• жа (ža), жи (ži) — colloquial, dialectal

References

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жда²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 527
• Nayden Gerov (1897) “жда”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 13

Verb

жда • (žda) first-singular present indicative, impf

1. (dialectal, transitive) Alternative form of жъда́ (žǎdá): to expect, to look forward to

Conjugation

    Conjugation of жда (conjugation 1.2, imperfective, transitive)

participles		present active participle	past active aorist participle	past active imperfect participle	past passive participle	verbal noun	adverbial participle
masculine	indefinite	ждящ ždjašt	ждал ždal	ждял ždjal	ждан ždan		жде́йки ždéjki
	definite subject form	ждя́щият ždjáštijat	жда́лият ždálijat	—	жда́ният ždánijat
	definite object form	ждя́щия ždjáštija	жда́лия ždálija	—	жда́ния ždánija
feminine	indefinite	ждя́ща ždjášta	жда́ла ždála	ждя́ла ždjála	жда́на ždána
	definite	ждя́щата ždjáštata	жда́лата ždálata	—	жда́ната ždánata
neuter	indefinite	ждя́що ždjášto	жда́ло ždálo	ждя́ло ždjálo	жда́но ždáno	жде́не ždéne
	definite	ждя́щото ždjáštoto	жда́лото ždáloto	—	жда́ното ždánoto	жде́нето ždéneto
plural	indefinite	ждя́щи ždjášti	жда́ли ždáli	жде́ли ždéli	жда́ни ždáni	жде́ния, жде́нета ždénija, ždéneta
	definite	ждя́щите ždjáštite	жда́лите ždálite	—	жда́ните ždánite	жде́нията, жде́нетата ždénijata, ždénetata

person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present		жда žda	ждеш ždeš	жде žde	ждем ždem	жде́те ždéte	ждат ždat
imperfect		ждях ždjah	жде́ше ždéše	жде́ше ždéše	ждя́хме ždjáhme	ждя́хте ždjáhte	ждя́ха ždjáha
aorist		ждах ždah	жда žda	жда žda	жда́хме ždáhme	жда́хте ždáhte	жда́ха ždáha
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 ждал m, жда́ла f, жда́ло n, or жда́ли pl
past perfect		Use the imperfect indicative tense of съм and ждал m, жда́ла f, жда́ло n, or жда́ли pl
future perfect		Use the future indicative tense of съм and ждал m, жда́ла f, жда́ло n, or жда́ли pl
future perfect in the past		Use the future in the past indicative tense of съм and ждал m, жда́ла f, жда́ло n, or жда́ли 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 ждял m, ждя́ла f, ждя́ло n, or жде́ли pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and ждал m, жда́ла f, жда́ло n, or жда́ли 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 ждал m, жда́ла f, жда́ло n, or жда́ли pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past renarrative tense of съм and ждал m, жда́ла f, жда́ло n, or жда́ли pl
dubitative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and ждял m, ждя́ла f, ждя́ло n, or жде́ли pl
aorist		Use the aorist renarrative tense of съм and ждал m, жда́ла f, жда́ло n, or жда́ли 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 ждал m, жда́ла f, жда́ло n, or жда́ли pl
conclusive		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and ждял m, ждя́ла f, ждя́ло n, or жде́ли pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм and ждал m, жда́ла f, жда́ло n, or жда́ли 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 ждал m, жда́ла f, жда́ло n, or жда́ли pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past conclusive tense of съм and ждал m, жда́ла f, жда́ло n, or жда́ли pl
conditional		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
		Use the first aorist indicative tense of бъ́да and ждал m, жда́ла f, жда́ло n, or жда́ли pl
imperative		-	ти	-	-	вие	-
			жди ždi			жде́те ždéte

Related terms

• жъ́дя (žǎ́dja), жъде́я (žǎdéja, “to await, to anticipate”) (dated)

References

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жда¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 527
• жьдати in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"