псувам

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

  • пцо́вам (pcóvam) (dialectal)
  • псу́я (psúja), псу́ам (psúam) (dialectal)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pьsovati (to address a dog), equivalent to пес (pes) + -увам (-uvam). Cognate with Macedonian пцуе (pcue), Serbo-Croatian псо̀вати, Slovene psováti, Russian псова́ть (psovátʹ) (colloquial), Polish psować. Semantically analogous with German hunzen (to cuss) (from Hund (dog)), Lithuanian šunióti (to curse) (from šuõ (dog)).

Verb

псу́вам (psúvam) impf

  1. (intransitive) to swear
  2. (intransitive) to curse, to cuss
    Synonyms: ругая (rugaja), клеветя (klevetja)

Inflection

Derived terms

  • запсу́вам (zapsúvam), запцу́ем (zapcúem, to get swearing)
  • изпсу́вам (izpsúvam, to say a swear word)
  • попсу́вам (popsúvam, to swear for a while)
  • препсу́вам (prepsúvam, to cuss)
  • пропсу́вам (propsúvam, to swear for a first time)
  • разпсу́вам (razpsúvam, to curse everyone around)
  • псувня́ (psuvnjá, swear word)
  • псо́вка (psóvka), пцо́вка (pcóvka, expletive) (dialectal)

References

  • псувам in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
  • Duridanov I., Račeva M., Todorov T., editors (1996), псувам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 841
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