викам

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vykáti. By surface analysis, ви́я (víja, howl) + -кам (-kam).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvikɐm]
  • (file)

Verb

ви́кам • (víkam) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective ви́кна)

  1. (intransitive) to scream, to shout, to yell
    викам от бо́лкаvikam ot bólkato cry out in pain
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to rebuke, to decry
    ви́кам по ня́когоvíkam po njákogoto shout at somebody
  3. (intransitive) to declare, to proclaim, to suggest (usually enthusiastically)
    викам да ...vikam da ...to propone to ...
  4. (transitive, intransitive) to evoke, to summon, to call for
    викам някого да ... (transitive)vikam njakogo da ...to call somebody to ...
    викам за по́мощ (intransitive)vikam za pómoštto call for help
  5. (colloquial) to address, to call (someone a particular name)
    как те ви́кат?
    kak te víkat?
    what's your name?
    (literally, “how do they call you?”)
  6. (reflexive with си) to reckon, to say to oneself

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ви́квам (víkvam) (semelfactive)
  • зави́кам pf (zavíkam), зави́квам impf (zavíkvam)
  • изви́кам pf (izvíkam), изви́квам impf (izvíkvam, to evoke)
  • нави́кам pf (navíkam), нави́квам impf (navíkvam)
  • надви́кам pf (nadvíkam), надви́квам impf (nadvíkvam)
  • ови́кам pf (ovíkam), ови́квам impf (ovíkvam)
  • пови́кам pf (povíkam), пови́квам impf (povíkvam)
  • приви́кам pf (privíkam), приви́квам impf (privíkvam)
  • разви́кам се pf (razvíkam se), разви́квам се impf (razvíkvam se)
  • ви́каница (víkanica, uproar, shouting)
  • вика́ч (vikáč) (agent noun)
  • вика́ло (vikálo) (instrumental noun)

References

  • викам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • викам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Anagrams

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvikam]

Verb

викам • (vikam)

  1. first-person singular present of вика (vika)

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvʲikəm]

Noun

ви́кам • (víkam) f inan pl

  1. dative plural of ви́ка (víka)
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