признавам

Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Common Slavic development from при- (pri-) +‎ *знавам (*znavam), related to зна́я (znája) / зна́м (znám), which are from Proto-Slavic *znati.

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призна́вам (priznávam) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective призна́я)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to confess (reveal one's own misdeed; reveal one's own feelings, etc.)
  2. (transitive or reflexive with си, optionally with subordinate clause) to admit, to concede
  3. (transitive) to recognize (affirm the legitimacy of)
  4. (transitive) to recognize, to appreciate the value of
    Synonym: оценя́вам (ocenjávam)
  5. (transitive, law) to find, to determine or judge (to be guilty or not guilty)
    Съдът признава гн. Кънчев за виновен.
    Sǎdǎt priznava gn. Kǎnčev za vinoven.
    The court finds Mr. Kǎnchev “guilty”.
  6. (ditransitive) to confer, to bestow (rights or honors deserved by law or circumstance)

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References

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  • признавам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • признавам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “призна̀вам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 711

Macedonian

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Verb

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признавам (priznavam)

  1. first-person singular present indicative of признава (priznava)