требя

Bulgarian

Etymology

At least partially from Proto-Slavic *terbiti (“to shell, to husk”). Some meanings could reflect a causative-iterative of *terba (“service”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtrɛbʲɐ]

Verb

тре́бя • (trébja) first-singular present indicative, impf

1. (transitive, intransitive) to do chores, to perform housework; to tidy something up

   требя из къщата (intransitive) ― trebja iz kǎštata ― to do chores around the house

   требя си стаята (transitive) ― trebja si stajata ― to tidy one's room

2. (transitive) to exterminate, to get rid of
3. (transitive) to clear off (impurities)
4. (reflexive with се, obsolescent) to cleanse oneself from dirt/stains

Conjugation

    Conjugation of тре́бя (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	тре́бещ trébešt	тре́бил, треби́л1 trébil, trebíl1	тре́бел trébel	тре́бен trében		тре́бейки trébejki
	definite subject form	тре́бещият trébeštijat	тре́билият, треби́лият1 trébilijat, trebílijat1	—	тре́беният trébenijat
	definite object form	тре́бещия trébeštija	тре́билия, треби́лия1 trébilija, trebílija1	—	тре́бения trébenija
feminine	indefinite	тре́беща trébešta	тре́била, треби́ла1 trébila, trebíla1	тре́бела trébela	тре́бена trébena
	definite	тре́бещата trébeštata	тре́билата, треби́лата1 trébilata, trebílata1	—	тре́бената trébenata
neuter	indefinite	тре́бещо trébešto	тре́било, треби́ло1 trébilo, trebílo1	тре́бело trébelo	тре́бено trébeno	тре́бене trébene
	definite	тре́бещото trébeštoto	тре́билото, треби́лото1 trébiloto, trebíloto1	—	тре́беното trébenoto	тре́бенето trébeneto
plural	indefinite	тре́бещи trébešti	тре́били, треби́ли1 trébili, trebíli1	тре́бели trébeli	тре́бени trébeni	тре́бения, тре́бенета trébenija, trébeneta
	definite	тре́бещите trébeštite	тре́билите, треби́лите1 trébilite, trebílite1	—	тре́бените trébenite	тре́бенията, тре́бенетата trébenijata, trébenetata

person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present		тре́бя trébja	тре́биш trébiš	тре́би trébi	тре́бим trébim	тре́бите trébite	тре́бят trébjat
imperfect		тре́бех trébeh	тре́беше trébeše	тре́беше trébeše	тре́бехме trébehme	тре́бехте trébehte	тре́беха trébeha
aorist		тре́бих, треби́х1 trébih, trebíh1	тре́би, треби́1 trébi, trebí1	тре́би, треби́1 trébi, trebí1	тре́бихме, треби́хме1 trébihme, trebíhme1	тре́бихте, треби́хте1 trébihte, trebíhte1	тре́биха, треби́ха1 trébiha, trebíha1
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 тре́бил/треби́л1 m, тре́била/треби́ла1 f, тре́било/треби́ло1 n, or тре́били/треби́ли1 pl
past perfect		Use the imperfect indicative tense of съм and тре́бил/треби́л1 m, тре́била/треби́ла1 f, тре́било/треби́ло1 n, or тре́били/треби́ли1 pl
future perfect		Use the future indicative tense of съм and тре́бил/треби́л1 m, тре́била/треби́ла1 f, тре́било/треби́ло1 n, or тре́били/треби́ли1 pl
future perfect in the past		Use the future in the past indicative tense of съм and тре́бил/треби́л1 m, тре́била/треби́ла1 f, тре́било/треби́ло1 n, or тре́били/треби́ли1 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 тре́бел m, тре́бела f, тре́бело n, or тре́бели pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and тре́бил/треби́л1 m, тре́била/треби́ла1 f, тре́било/треби́ло1 n, or тре́били/треби́ли1 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 тре́бил/треби́л1 m, тре́била/треби́ла1 f, тре́било/треби́ло1 n, or тре́били/треби́ли1 pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past renarrative tense of съм and тре́бил/треби́л1 m, тре́била/треби́ла1 f, тре́било/треби́ло1 n, or тре́били/треби́ли1 pl
dubitative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and тре́бел m, тре́бела f, тре́бело n, or тре́бели pl
aorist		Use the aorist renarrative tense of съм and тре́бил/треби́л1 m, тре́била/треби́ла1 f, тре́било/треби́ло1 n, or тре́били/треби́ли1 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 тре́бил/треби́л1 m, тре́била/треби́ла1 f, тре́било/треби́ло1 n, or тре́били/треби́ли1 pl
conclusive		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and тре́бел m, тре́бела f, тре́бело n, or тре́бели pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм and тре́бил/треби́л1 m, тре́била/треби́ла1 f, тре́било/треби́ло1 n, or тре́били/треби́ли1 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 тре́бил/треби́л1 m, тре́била/треби́ла1 f, тре́било/треби́ло1 n, or тре́били/треби́ли1 pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past conclusive tense of съм and тре́бил/треби́л1 m, тре́била/треби́ла1 f, тре́било/треби́ло1 n, or тре́били/треби́ли1 pl
conditional		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
		Use the first aorist indicative tense of бъ́да and тре́бил/треби́л1 m, тре́била/треби́ла1 f, тре́било/треби́ло1 n, or тре́били/треби́ли1 pl
imperative		-	ти	-	-	вие	-
			треби́ trebí			требе́те trebéte

¹Dialectally marked.

Derived terms

• затребя pf (zatrebja), затребвам impf (zatrebvam)
• изтребя pf (iztrebja), изтребвам impf (iztrebvam)
• отребя pf (otrebja), отребвам impf (otrebvam)
• разтребя pf (raztrebja), разтребвам impf (raztrebvam)
• требе́ж (trebéž, “extermination, cleansing”)

See also

• тре́ба (tréba, “service”) (< *terba)
  • тря́бва (trjábva, “it must”)
  • потребя pf (potrebja), потребявам impf (potrebjavam, “to utilize”)

References

• “требя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “требя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “трѣ́бѭ, -ишь; -би́лъ”, 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 372