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Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *patiti, limited to South Slavic languages. Cognate with Macedonian пати (pati), Serbo-Croatian па̏тити.

Either of expressive origin from the interjection Bulgarian пат (pat, clap, dab) or related (borrowed or akin) to Latin patior (to suffer), possibly Ancient Greek πᾰ́σχω (páskhō, to undergo, to experience) (see Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (páthos, pain, misfortune) for further etymology).

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Verb edit

па́тя (pátja) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective па́щам or па́там)

  1. (intransitive) to fare misfortune, to suffer
    Synonyms: търпя́ (tǎrpjá), стра́дам (strádam)
  2. (transitive, dialectal, dated) to drag, to push
    Synonyms: те́гля (téglja), бу́там (bútam)
  3. (reflexive with си) to experience trouble, misery, pain, distress
    патя си отpatja si otto suffer from

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References edit

  • патя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • патя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “патя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 101