зяпам

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zěpati (to gape). Meaning “to stare, to observe with amaze” may also reflect a contraction of an earlier *заяпам from Proto-Slavic *za(j)apati (to observe).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzʲa̟pɐm]
  • (file)

Verb

зя́пам • (zjápam) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective зя́пна)

  1. (transitive, obsolescent) to agape (one's mouth, а valve, an outlet)
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to have one's mouth gaping
  3. (by extension) to stare at, to observe, to gaze with amaze
    зя́пам телевизия (transitive)zjápam televizijato watch casually TV
    зя́пам по хората (intransitive)zjápam po horatato give stares at the people

Conjugation

Derived terms

verbs
  • зазяпам pf (zazjapam), зазяпвам impf (zazjapvam)
  • иззяпам pf (izzjapam), иззяпвам impf (izzjapvam)
  • назяпам се pf (nazjapam se), назяпвам се impf (nazjapvam se)
  • позяпам pf (pozjapam), позяпвам impf (pozjapvam)
  • прозяпам се pf (prozjapam se), прозяпвам се impf (prozjapvam se)
  • зя́пвам (zjápvam), зя́пкам (zjápkam) (semelfactive and/or inchoative)
nouns
  • (instrumental noun) зепа́ло (zepálo)
  • (instrumental noun) зя́пка (zjápka)
  • (agent noun) зя́пла f (zjápla)
  • (agent noun) зя́пльо m (zjápljo)
  • (agent noun) зяпа́ч m (zjapáč)
  • (agent noun) зяпа́чка f (zjapáčka)

References

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzʲapəm]

Noun

зя́пам • (zjápam) f inan pl

  1. dative plural of зя́па (zjápa)
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