пазя

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *paziti.

Verb

па̀зя • (pàzja) impf (perfective па̀звам)

  1. (transitive) to guard, to protect
    Synonym: пастря (pastrja)
  2. (transitive, dialectal) to watch over, to look after
    Synonym: наглеждам (nagleždam)
  3. (transitive) to preserve, to keep
    пазя мълчание ― pazja mǎlčanie ― to keep silence
    пазя тайна ― pazja tajna ― to keep secret
  4. (transitive) to maintain, to make
    пазя завет ― pazja zavet ― to make shadow (over)
  5. (reflexive) to watch out, to pay attention (for potential threats)

Inflection

Derived terms

  • допазя (dopazja), допазвам (dopazvam, “to provide protection”)
  • запазя (zapazja), запазвам (zapazvam, “to keep, to preserve”)
  • изпазя (izpazja), изпазвам (izpazvam, “to sneak, to lurk upon”)
  • напазя (napazja), напазвам (napazvam, “to watch over”) (dialectal)
  • опазя (opazja), опазвам (opazvam, “to preserve, to keep safe”)
  • попазя (popazja), попазвам (popazvam, “to keep an eye on for a while”)
  • предпазя (predpazja), предпазвам (predpazvam, “to protect”)
  • спазя (spazja), спазвам (spazvam, “to obey, to comply”)
  • пазач (pazač, “guard”)
  • пазител (pazitel, “protector”)

References

  • пазя in Речник на българския език
  • Duridanov I., Račeva M., Todorov T., editors (1996), “пазя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 11
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.