пухам

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *puxati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpuxəm]

Verb

пу́хам (púham) impf (perfective пу́хна) (obsolescent)

  1. (intransitive) to puff, to wheeze, to blow
  2. (intransitive) to swell, to bloat, to get inflated
Usage notes

Less frequently used than Etymology 2.

Conjugation
Derived terms
  • подпу́хна pf (podpúhna), подпу́хвам impf (podpúhvam, to bloat)
  • разпу́хна pf (razpúhna), разпу́хвам impf (razpúhvam)
  • спу́хна pf (spúhna), спу́хвам impf (spúhvam, to deflate)
  • пу́хвам (púhvam), пухтя́ (puhtjá), пу́xкам (púxkam) (semelfactive)
  • пу́хав (púhav)

References

Etymology 2

Of expressive origin; possibly from Etymology 1 via semantic shift (prompting a shift in transitivity, too) or from the onomatopoeia пу-у-у (pu-u-u).

Comparable with Bulgarian бу́хам (búham, to batter), пу́кам (púkam, to crack, to burst).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpuxəm]

Verb

пу́хам (púham) impf (perfective пу́хна)

  1. (transitive) to smack, to thwack with accompanying dull noise
  2. (transitive) to pat, to dust off (something dusty)
  3. (transitive) to burst, to blow up (something by striking it)
  4. (transitive, figurative) to startle, to stun, to blow away someone's mind
Conjugation
Alternative forms
  • пу́гам (púgam) dialectal
Derived terms
  • изпу́хам pf (izpúham), изпу́хвам impf (izpúhvam)
  • напу́хам pf (napúham), напу́хвам impf (napúhvam)
  • опу́хам pf (opúham), опу́хвам impf (opúhvam)
  • разпу́хам pf (razpúham), разпу́хвам impf (razpúhvam)
  • спу́хам pf (spúham), спу́хвам impf (spúhvam, to wear off) (dialectal)

References

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