Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Formally inherited from Proto-Slavic *prętati. Sometimes confused for similarly sounding пре́тя (prétja, to order, to bid) (dialectal) < *pertiti.

Gerov lists the root vowel as -ѣ- (for the derivative пре́ткам (prétkam, to bury))

Pronunciation

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Verb

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пре́там (prétam) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective пре́тна) (dialectal)

  1. (transitive)
    1. to bury beneath, to inhume
    2. to contort, to kink, to tuck
  2. (intransitive)
    1. to budge, to contract under pressure
    2. to stir, to fidget
  3. (reflexive with се) to buckle up

Conjugation

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