ровя

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *roviti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɔvʲɐ]

Verb

ро́вя • (róvja) first-singular present indicative, impf

1. (transitive) to dig, to unearth
2. (transitive) to mine
3. (transitive) to burrow

   ровя дупка ― rovja dupka ― to burrow a hole

4. (reflexive with се) to delve, to browse

   ровя се в нечае минало ― rovja se v nečae minalo ― to dig into someone's past

Conjugation

    Conjugation of тро́вя (conjugation 2.1, imperfective, transitive)

participles		present active participle	past active aorist participle	past active imperfect participle	past passive participle	verbal noun	adverbial participle
masculine	indefinite	тро́вещ tróvešt	тро́вил, трови́л1 tróvil, trovíl1	тро́вел tróvel	тро́вен tróven		тро́вейки tróvejki
	definite subject form	тро́вещият tróveštijat	тро́вилият, трови́лият1 tróvilijat, trovílijat1	—	тро́веният tróvenijat
	definite object form	тро́вещия tróveštija	тро́вилия, трови́лия1 tróvilija, trovílija1	—	тро́вения tróvenija
feminine	indefinite	тро́веща tróvešta	тро́вила, трови́ла1 tróvila, trovíla1	тро́вела tróvela	тро́вена tróvena
	definite	тро́вещата tróveštata	тро́вилата, трови́лата1 tróvilata, trovílata1	—	тро́вената tróvenata
neuter	indefinite	тро́вещо tróvešto	тро́вило, трови́ло1 tróvilo, trovílo1	тро́вело tróvelo	тро́вено tróveno	тро́вене tróvene
	definite	тро́вещото tróveštoto	тро́вилото, трови́лото1 tróviloto, trovíloto1	—	тро́веното tróvenoto	тро́венето tróveneto
plural	indefinite	тро́вещи tróvešti	тро́вили, трови́ли1 tróvili, trovíli1	тро́вели tróveli	тро́вени tróveni	тро́вения, тро́венета tróvenija, tróveneta
	definite	тро́вещите tróveštite	тро́вилите, трови́лите1 tróvilite, trovílite1	—	тро́вените tróvenite	тро́венията, тро́венетата tróvenijata, tróvenetata

person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present		тро́вя tróvja	тро́виш tróviš	тро́ви tróvi	тро́вим tróvim	тро́вите tróvite	тро́вят tróvjat
imperfect		тро́вех tróveh	тро́веше tróveše	тро́веше tróveše	тро́вехме tróvehme	тро́вехте tróvehte	тро́веха tróveha
aorist		тро́вих, трови́х1 tróvih, trovíh1	тро́ви, трови́1 tróvi, troví1	тро́ви, трови́1 tróvi, troví1	тро́вихме, трови́хме1 tróvihme, trovíhme1	тро́вихте, трови́хте1 tróvihte, trovíhte1	тро́виха, трови́ха1 tróviha, trovíha1
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 тро́вил/трови́л1 m, тро́вила/трови́ла1 f, тро́вило/трови́ло1 n, or тро́вили/трови́ли1 pl
past perfect		Use the imperfect indicative tense of съм and тро́вил/трови́л1 m, тро́вила/трови́ла1 f, тро́вило/трови́ло1 n, or тро́вили/трови́ли1 pl
future perfect		Use the future indicative tense of съм and тро́вил/трови́л1 m, тро́вила/трови́ла1 f, тро́вило/трови́ло1 n, or тро́вили/трови́ли1 pl
future perfect in the past		Use the future in the past indicative tense of съм and тро́вил/трови́л1 m, тро́вила/трови́ла1 f, тро́вило/трови́ло1 n, or тро́вили/трови́ли1 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 тро́вел m, тро́вела f, тро́вело n, or тро́вели pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and тро́вил/трови́л1 m, тро́вила/трови́ла1 f, тро́вило/трови́ло1 n, or тро́вили/трови́ли1 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 тро́вил/трови́л1 m, тро́вила/трови́ла1 f, тро́вило/трови́ло1 n, or тро́вили/трови́ли1 pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past renarrative tense of съм and тро́вил/трови́л1 m, тро́вила/трови́ла1 f, тро́вило/трови́ло1 n, or тро́вили/трови́ли1 pl
dubitative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and тро́вел m, тро́вела f, тро́вело n, or тро́вели pl
aorist		Use the aorist renarrative tense of съм and тро́вил/трови́л1 m, тро́вила/трови́ла1 f, тро́вило/трови́ло1 n, or тро́вили/трови́ли1 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 тро́вил/трови́л1 m, тро́вила/трови́ла1 f, тро́вило/трови́ло1 n, or тро́вили/трови́ли1 pl
conclusive		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and тро́вел m, тро́вела f, тро́вело n, or тро́вели pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм and тро́вил/трови́л1 m, тро́вила/трови́ла1 f, тро́вило/трови́ло1 n, or тро́вили/трови́ли1 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 тро́вил/трови́л1 m, тро́вила/трови́ла1 f, тро́вило/трови́ло1 n, or тро́вили/трови́ли1 pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past conclusive tense of съм and тро́вил/трови́л1 m, тро́вила/трови́ла1 f, тро́вило/трови́ло1 n, or тро́вили/трови́ли1 pl
conditional		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
		Use the first aorist indicative tense of бъ́да and тро́вил/трови́л1 m, тро́вила/трови́ла1 f, тро́вило/трови́ло1 n, or тро́вили/трови́ли1 pl
imperative		-	ти	-	-	вие	-
			трови́ troví			трове́те trovéte

¹Dialectally marked.

Derived terms

• рови́чкам (rovíčkam) (diminutive)
• доровя pf (dorovja), доравям impf (doravjam)
• заровя pf (zarovja), заравям impf (zaravjam, “to bury”)
• изровя pf (izrovja), изравям impf (izravjam)
• отровя pf (otrovja), отравям impf (otravjam, “to unearth”)
• поровя pf (porovja), поравям impf (poravjam)
• преровя pf (prerovja), преравям impf (preravjam)
• разровя pf (razrovja), разравям impf (razravjam)
• рови́тба (rovítba) (action noun, rare)

Related terms

• ръ́вам (rǎ́vam, “to tear”)
• ри́я (ríja, “to excavate”)
• ров (rov, “ditch”), ро́вък (róvǎk, “digable”)

References

• “ровя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “ровя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “ро́вѭ, -ишь; -ви́лъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 81
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “ровя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 279

Anagrams

• явор (javor)