нарицаем

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic нарицаѥмъ (naricajemŭ), a fossilized present passive participle of Bulgarian нари́чам (naríčam), нарица́я (naricája, “to call”) +‎ -аем (-aem).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɐriˈt͡saɛm]

Adjective

нарица́ем • (naricáem)

1. (poetic) standing for, labeling
2. appellative, nominative

   Synonym: нарица́телен (naricátelen)

Declension

Positive forms of нарица́ем

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	нарица́ем naricáem	нарица́ема naricáema	нарица́емо naricáemo	нарица́еми naricáemi
definite (subject form)	нарица́емият naricáemijat	нарица́емата naricáemata	нарица́емото naricáemoto	нарица́емите naricáemite
definite (object form)	нарица́емия naricáemija

Comparative forms of нарица́ем

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	по́-нарица́ем pó-naricáem	по́-нарица́ема pó-naricáema	по́-нарица́емо pó-naricáemo	по́-нарица́еми pó-naricáemi
definite (subject form)	по́-нарица́емият pó-naricáemijat	по́-нарица́емата pó-naricáemata	по́-нарица́емото pó-naricáemoto	по́-нарица́емите pó-naricáemite
definite (object form)	по́-нарица́емия pó-naricáemija

Superlative forms of нарица́ем

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	на́й-нарица́ем náj-naricáem	на́й-нарица́ема náj-naricáema	на́й-нарица́емо náj-naricáemo	на́й-нарица́еми náj-naricáemi
definite (subject form)	на́й-нарица́емият náj-naricáemijat	на́й-нарица́емата náj-naricáemata	на́й-нарица́емото náj-naricáemoto	на́й-нарица́емите náj-naricáemite
definite (object form)	на́й-нарица́емия náj-naricáemija

Related terms

• нари́чащ (naríčašt, “calling”)
• нари́чан (naríčan, “called”)

References

• “нарицаем”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “нарицаем”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010