Bulgarian
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Etymology
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Deverbal from помивам (pomivam, “to wash out”) (formally reflecting as earlier *pomyja).
Pronunciation
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поми́я • (pomíja) f (relational adjective поми́ен)
- sewage, swill, slops
- (figurative, collective) insults, aspersions
- хвърлям помия по някого ― hvǎrljam pomija po njakogo ― to insult (literally, “to throw filth at somebody”)
Declension
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Declension of поми́я
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singular
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indefinite
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поми́я pomíja
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definite
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поми́ята pomíjata
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Related terms
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References
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- “помия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “помия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010