лежа

See also: лёжа

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic лежати (ležati),[1] from Proto-Slavic *ležati, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lʲɛˈʒɤ̟] (lemma)
  • IPA(key): [lʲɛˈʒa̟] (aorist)

Verb

лежа́ (ležá) impf

  1. (intransitive) to lie (to be or to stay at rest in a horizontal position)
  2. (intransitive) to be sick in bed, to be laid up, to lie sick
  3. (intransitive) of a bird, to keep an egg warm to make it hatch, to brood, to sit
  4. (intransitive) to serve a term in prison
  5. (intransitive) to be situated, to lie
    Synonym: намирам се (namiram se)
  6. (intransitive) to remain poised or stationary in the air, to hang
    гъста мъгла лежи над Южна Калифорния
    gǎsta mǎgla leži nad Južna Kalifornija
    heavy fog hanging over Southern California
  7. (intransitive) to lie idle, to be idle, to remain idle, to do noting
    Synonyms: мързелувам (mǎrzeluvam), безделнича (bezdelniča), бездействам (bezdejstvam)

Conjugation

Verb

лежа́ (ležá)

  1. second-person singular aorist indicative of лежа́ (ležá)
  2. third-person singular aorist indicative of лежа́ (ležá)

References

  1. Georgiev V. I., editor (1986), лежа”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 346
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