нищя

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

Inchoative counterpart of akin ни́тя (nítja) (from Proto-Slavic *nititi (to thread)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈniʃtʲɐ]

Verb

ни́щя • (níštja) first-singular present indicative, impf

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to process or unprocess thread
    Synonyms: дя́на (djána), мъ́кна (mǎ́kna), (dialectal) со́вам (sóvam)
    ни́щя низ (transitive)níštja nizto tread line of strand
    ни́щя цял час (intransitive)níštja cjal často perform threading for a whole hour
  2. (transitive) to comb or unstitch (filaments)
    Synonym: че́пкам (čépkam)
  3. (figurative, transitive) to analyze, to go over (problem, quandary)
    Synonym: анализи́рам (analizíram)
  4. (reflexive with се) to get unstitched (of fabric)
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • вни́щя pf (vníštja), вни́щвам impf (vníštvam, to get into) (dialectal, figurative)
  • изни́щя pf (izníštja), изни́щвам impf (izníštvam)
  • нани́щя pf (naníštja), нани́щвам impf (naníštvam)
  • разни́щя pf (razníštja), разни́щвам impf (razníštvam)
  • ни́щелка (níštelka, part of loom, which controls the thread)
  • ни́жа (níža, to string)
  • ни́ча (níča) (dialectal), ни́кна (níkna, to germinate, to sprout)
  • ни́шка (níška, thread)

References

Etymology 2

Standardized form of dialectal нищим (ništim) (Western dialects), ни́щам (níštam) (Rupian dialects), causative from нищ (ništ, deprived, destitute) or ни́що (níšto, nothing).

Verb

ни́щя • (níštja) first-singular present indicative, impf

  1. (transitive, dialectal) to obliterate, to wreck, to destroy
Conjugation
Alternative forms
  • ни́щим (níštim), ни́щам (níštam) dialectal, with athematic endings
  • унищожа́ pf (uništožá), унищожа́вам (uništožávam, to extinguish, to annihilate)
  • нищу́вам (ništúvam), нищенству́вам (ništenstvúvam, to live in poverty) (dated)
  • нищета́ (ništetá, destitution, poverty)

References

  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “нищим (диал.)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 667
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