пуля се

Bulgarian

Etymology

Reflexive construction from Proto-Slavic *puliti (to protrude) (from *pula (protusion, bulge)), attested in Modern Bulgarian as dial. пу́ля (púlja, to protude (eyes), to watch over attentively) (probably back-formed from the current meaning).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpulʲə sɛ]

Verb

пу́ля се (púlja se) impf

  1. (colloquial, reflexive) to goggle, to stare, to gaze with wide open eyes
    Synonyms: коко́ря се (kokórja se), втре́нчвам се (vtrénčvam se), втора́чвам се (vtoráčvam se), впе́рвам се (vpérvam se)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • запу́ля се pf (zapúlja se), запу́лвам се impf (zapúlvam se)
  • изпу́ля се pf (izpúlja se), изпу́лвам се impf (izpúlvam se)
  • опу́ля се pf (opúlja se), опу́лвам се impf (opúlvam se, to gape eyes)
  • разпу́ля се pf (razpúlja se), разпу́лям се impf (razpúljam se, to inspect, to observe around) (dialectal)
  • пу́льо (púljo), пу́ляк (púljak, one who only watches without taking any actions, loiterer) (colloquial)
  • пу́лест (púlest), пулео́к (puleók, with gaping eyes)
  • пу́ляв (púljav, glaring, gazing) (dialectal)

References

  • пуля се in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
  • пуля се in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
  • Duridanov I., Račeva M., Todorov T., editors (1996), пуля се¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 851
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