почивам

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *počivati, an iterative of Old Church Slavonic почити (počiti) + -вам (-vam).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pot͡ʃiˈvam]

Verb

почи́вам (počívam) impf (perfective почи́на)

  1. (intransitive) not to work, to rest, to take a break
  2. (figuratively, intransitive) to die, to pass away
    почи́вай в мир!počívaj v mir!rest in peace!
  3. (reflexive) (~ си) to relax, to have a rest, to take a rest

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • изпочи́вам (izpočívam, to rest, to restore one's strength) (dialectal)
  • отпочи́вам (otpočívam, to take a break to rest)
  • почи́вка (počívka, break, rest)
  • почива́лище (počiválište, resort, place for resting)
  • почи́вен (počíven, resting)
  • почи́вш (počívš), почи́вши (počívši, rested) (dated, obsolete)

References

  • почивам in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
  • почивам in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
  • Duridanov I., Račeva M., Todorov T., editors (1996), почивам, почина”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 567
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