пищя

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *piščati, of onomatopoeic origin. By surface analysis, пи́сък (písǎk, “scream, shriek”) +‎ -я (-ja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [piʃˈtʲɤ̟]

Verb

пищя́ • (pištjá) first-singular present indicative, impf

1. (intransitive) to yelp, to scream

   → (in exaggerated context) to rumble, to clamour

2. (of bird) to shrill, to shriek, to squeal (to make sharp vibrant call)
3. (figurative) to whistle, to whoosh

   вя́търът пищи́ ― vjátǎrǎt piští ― the wind swooshes

4. (by extension) to ring, to resonate

   ня́кому у́шите пищя́т (used to describe tinnitus) ― njákomu úšite pištját ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) (literally, “one's ears resonate”)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of пищя́ (conjugation 2.2, imperfective, intransitive)

participles		present active participle	past active aorist participle	past active imperfect participle	past passive participle	verbal noun	adverbial participle
masculine	indefinite	пищя́щ pištjášt	пищя́л pištjál	пищя́л pištjál	—		пище́йки pištéjki
	definite subject form	пищя́щият pištjáštijat	пище́лият pištélijat	—	—
	definite object form	пищя́щия pištjáštija	пище́лия pištélija	—	—
feminine	indefinite	пищя́ща pištjášta	пищя́ла pištjála	пищя́ла pištjála	—
	definite	пищя́щата pištjáštata	пищя́лата pištjálata	—	—
neuter	indefinite	пищя́що pištjášto	пищя́ло pištjálo	пищя́ло pištjálo	—	пище́не pišténe
	definite	пищя́щото pištjáštoto	пищя́лото pištjáloto	—	—	пище́нето pišténeto
plural	indefinite	пищя́щи pištjášti	пище́ли pištéli	пище́ли pištéli	—	пище́ния, пище́нета pišténija, pišténeta
	definite	пищя́щите pištjáštite	пище́лите pištélite	—	—	пище́нията, пище́нетата pišténijata, pišténetata

person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present		пищя́ pištjá	пищи́ш pištíš	пищи́ piští	пищи́м pištím	пищи́те pištíte	пищя́т pištját
imperfect		пищя́х pištjáh	пище́ше pištéše	пище́ше pištéše	пищя́хме pištjáhme	пищя́хте pištjáhte	пищя́ха pištjáha
aorist		пищя́х pištjáh	пищя́ pištjá	пищя́ pištjá	пищя́хме pištjáhme	пищя́хте pištjáhte	пищя́ха pištjáha
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 пищя́л m, пищя́ла f, пищя́ло n, or пище́ли pl
past perfect		Use the imperfect indicative tense of съм and пищя́л m, пищя́ла f, пищя́ло n, or пище́ли pl
future perfect		Use the future indicative tense of съм and пищя́л m, пищя́ла f, пищя́ло n, or пище́ли pl
future perfect in the past		Use the future in the past indicative tense of съм and пищя́л m, пищя́ла f, пищя́ло n, or пище́ли 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 пищя́л m, пищя́ла f, пищя́ло n, or пище́ли pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and пищя́л m, пищя́ла f, пищя́ло n, or пище́ли 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 пищя́л m, пищя́ла f, пищя́ло n, or пище́ли pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past renarrative tense of съм and пищя́л m, пищя́ла f, пищя́ло n, or пище́ли pl
dubitative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and пищя́л m, пищя́ла f, пищя́ло n, or пище́ли pl
aorist		Use the aorist renarrative tense of съм and пищя́л m, пищя́ла f, пищя́ло n, or пище́ли 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 пищя́л m, пищя́ла f, пищя́ло n, or пище́ли pl
conclusive		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and пищя́л m, пищя́ла f, пищя́ло n, or пище́ли pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм and пищя́л m, пищя́ла f, пищя́ло n, or пище́ли 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 пищя́л m, пищя́ла f, пищя́ло n, or пище́ли pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past conclusive tense of съм and пищя́л m, пищя́ла f, пищя́ло n, or пище́ли pl
conditional		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
		Use the first aorist indicative tense of бъ́да and пищя́л m, пищя́ла f, пищя́ло n, or пище́ли pl
imperative		-	ти	-	-	вие	-
			пищи́ piští			пище́те pištéte

Derived terms

• изпищя́ pf (izpištjá), изпищя́вам impf (izpištjávam)
• запищя́ pf (zapištjá), запищя́вам impf (zapištjávam)
• напищя́ се pf (napištjá se), напищя́вам се impf (napištjávam se)
• опищя́ pf (opištjá), опищя́вам impf (opištjávam)
• пропищя́ pf (propištjá), пропищя́вам impf (propištjávam)
• припищя́ pf (pripištjá), припищя́вам impf (pripištjávam)
• разпищя́ се pf (razpištjá se), разпищя́вам се impf (razpištjávam se)
• пищи́сам (pištísam, “to astound”) (expressive)
• пища́ч (pištáč) (agent noun)
• пище́ (pišté, “sparrow”) (dialectal)
• пища́ва (pištáva, “shrill, scream”) (dialectal)
• пи́щов (píštov, “pistol”) (morphologically)
• пищя́л (pištjál, “shinbone”)

Related terms

• пи́скам impf (pískam), писвам impf (pisvam), писна pf (pisna, “to screech, yelp”)
• пиу́кам (piúkam, “to chirp, to peep (of young bird)”), пису́кам (pisúkam, “to shrill (of animal)”)

References

• “пищя”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “пищя”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пищя”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 280
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1901) “пищѭ́, -и́шь; -щѣ́лъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ.‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 36

Anagrams

• щипя (štipja)