Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

Rebracketing of an earlier хоратя́ (horatjá) +‎ -увам (-uvam), from Greek χωρατεύω (choratévo, to bring together, to communicate). Morphologically reflects native outdated *xъrtovati (to hurry).

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Verb edit

хорту́вам (hortúvam) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (dialectal, intransitive) to tell, to say, to state
    Synonyms: (dialectal) сбору́вам (sborúvam), ду́мам (dúmam), гово́ря (govórja), ка́звам (kázvam)

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References edit

  • хортувам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • хортувам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010