мекам

Bulgarian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, equivalent to ме-е-е (me-e-e) +‎ -кам (-kam)

Verb

ме́кам • (mékam) first-singular present indicative, impf

1. (intransitive) to bleat, to bellow meh!
2. (intransitive) to cry, to wail (of a young animal or of a spoiled child)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ме́кам (conjugation 3, imperfective, intransitive)

participles		present active participle	past active aorist participle	past active imperfect participle	past passive participle	verbal noun	adverbial participle
masculine	indefinite	ме́кащ mékašt	ме́кал, мека́л1 mékal, mekál1	ме́кал mékal	—		ме́кайки mékajki
	definite subject form	ме́кащият mékaštijat	ме́калият, мека́лият1 mékalijat, mekálijat1	—	—
	definite object form	ме́кащия mékaštija	ме́калия, мека́лия1 mékalija, mekálija1	—	—
feminine	indefinite	ме́каща mékašta	ме́кала, мека́ла1 mékala, mekála1	ме́кала mékala	—
	definite	ме́кащата mékaštata	ме́калата, мека́лата1 mékalata, mekálata1	—	—
neuter	indefinite	ме́кащо mékašto	ме́кало, мека́ло1 mékalo, mekálo1	ме́кало mékalo	—	ме́кане mékane
	definite	ме́кащото mékaštoto	ме́калото, мека́лото1 mékaloto, mekáloto1	—	—	ме́кането mékaneto
plural	indefinite	ме́кащи mékašti	ме́кали, мека́ли1 mékali, mekáli1	ме́кали mékali	—	ме́кания, ме́канета mékanija, mékaneta
	definite	ме́кащите mékaštite	ме́калите, мека́лите1 mékalite, mekálite1	—	—	ме́канията, ме́канетата mékanijata, mékanetata

person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present		ме́кам mékam	ме́каш mékaš	ме́ка méka	ме́каме mékame	ме́кате mékate	ме́кат mékat
imperfect		ме́ках mékah	ме́каше mékaše	ме́каше mékaše	ме́кахме mékahme	ме́кахте mékahte	ме́каха mékaha
aorist		ме́ках, мека́х1 mékah, mekáh1	ме́ка, мека́1 méka, meká1	ме́ка, мека́1 méka, meká1	ме́кахме, мека́хме1 mékahme, mekáhme1	ме́кахте, мека́хте1 mékahte, mekáhte1	ме́каха, мека́ха1 mékaha, mekáha1
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 ме́кал/мека́л1 m, ме́кала/мека́ла1 f, ме́кало/мека́ло1 n, or ме́кали/мека́ли1 pl
past perfect		Use the imperfect indicative tense of съм and ме́кал/мека́л1 m, ме́кала/мека́ла1 f, ме́кало/мека́ло1 n, or ме́кали/мека́ли1 pl
future perfect		Use the future indicative tense of съм and ме́кал/мека́л1 m, ме́кала/мека́ла1 f, ме́кало/мека́ло1 n, or ме́кали/мека́ли1 pl
future perfect in the past		Use the future in the past indicative tense of съм and ме́кал/мека́л1 m, ме́кала/мека́ла1 f, ме́кало/мека́ло1 n, or ме́кали/мека́ли1 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 ме́кал m, ме́кала f, ме́кало n, or ме́кали pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and ме́кал/мека́л1 m, ме́кала/мека́ла1 f, ме́кало/мека́ло1 n, or ме́кали/мека́ли1 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 ме́кал/мека́л1 m, ме́кала/мека́ла1 f, ме́кало/мека́ло1 n, or ме́кали/мека́ли1 pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past renarrative tense of съм and ме́кал/мека́л1 m, ме́кала/мека́ла1 f, ме́кало/мека́ло1 n, or ме́кали/мека́ли1 pl
dubitative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and ме́кал m, ме́кала f, ме́кало n, or ме́кали pl
aorist		Use the aorist renarrative tense of съм and ме́кал/мека́л1 m, ме́кала/мека́ла1 f, ме́кало/мека́ло1 n, or ме́кали/мека́ли1 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 ме́кал/мека́л1 m, ме́кала/мека́ла1 f, ме́кало/мека́ло1 n, or ме́кали/мека́ли1 pl
conclusive		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and ме́кал m, ме́кала f, ме́кало n, or ме́кали pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм and ме́кал/мека́л1 m, ме́кала/мека́ла1 f, ме́кало/мека́ло1 n, or ме́кали/мека́ли1 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 ме́кал/мека́л1 m, ме́кала/мека́ла1 f, ме́кало/мека́ло1 n, or ме́кали/мека́ли1 pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past conclusive tense of съм and ме́кал/мека́л1 m, ме́кала/мека́ла1 f, ме́кало/мека́ло1 n, or ме́кали/мека́ли1 pl
conditional		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
		Use the first aorist indicative tense of бъ́да and ме́кал/мека́л1 m, ме́кала/мека́ла1 f, ме́кало/мека́ло1 n, or ме́кали/мека́ли1 pl
imperative		-	ти	-	-	вие	-
			ме́кай mékaj			ме́кайте mékajte

¹Dialectally marked.

Coordinate terms

• макам (makam)
• мукам (mukam), муча (muča)
• мякам (mjakam)

Derived terms

nouns

• (resultant noun) ме́кот (mékot)
• (agent noun) мека́ло (mekálo)

 

See also

• на́мек (námek, “insinuation”) (Russian borrowing, of homophonous root)

References

• “мекам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “мѧ́камь (мѧ́квамь, да мѧ́кнѫ, мѧ́кнувамь)”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 109
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мекам, мекна, мекнувам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 720