Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mьrzěti (ě/i-conjugation), *mьrziti (i-conjugation). Some dictionaries make distinction between the senses “to loathe” and “to idle”, but etymologically they stem from the same origin.

Pronunciation

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мързя́ (mǎrzjá) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (intransitive, obsolete)
    1. to stagnate, to get depleted, to lose strength or significance
    2. (figurative) to disgust, to repulse, to bore away
  2. (transitive)
    1. (dialectal) to lose interest, sympathy towards something → to loathe, to abhor
      мързя мързеливи людеmǎrzja mǎrzelivi ljudeto loathe lazy people
    2. (transitive, impersonal) (+ accusative pronoun) to laze, to idle, to slug
      някого го мързи да свърши нещоnjakogo go mǎrzi da svǎrši neštosomebody is [too] lazy to do something

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