See also: стрелам

Bulgarian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *strěľati, cognate with Macedonian стрела (strela), Serbo-Croatian стриjѐљати, Slovene strẹ́ljati, Russian стреля́ть (streljátʹ), Polish strzelać.

Originally, the verb referred only to shooting/propelling arrows (with a bow or a swing). Over time, it started being used for conveying shooting of any type of missile, including firing modern guns.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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стре́лям (stréljam) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (ditransitive) to shoot, to propel (arrows, spears, stones)
  2. (ditransitive) to fire (modern weapons)
    Synonyms: пуцам (pucam), гърмя (gǎrmja)
  3. (reflexive with се) to propel, to accelerate oneself

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “стрела”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 492

References

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  • стрелям”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014