дихам

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dyxati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdixɐm]
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Verb

ди́хам • (díham) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective ди́хна)

  1. (intransitive) to take a breath, to breathe (once)
  2. (transitive, figurative) to smell, to scent
    ни лук ял, ни лук дихал (idiom)
    ni luk jal, ni luk dihal
    to pretend that [one] has not done (something)
    (literally, “[one] neither has eaten onion, nor [one] has smelled onion”)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ди́хвам (díhvam) (semelfactive)
  • дихтя́ (dihtjá, to gasp, to pant)
  • ди́шам (díšam, to breathe (repeatedly))
  • въздихам pf (vǎzdiham), въздихвам impf (vǎzdihvam)
  • надихам pf (nadiham), надихвам impf (nadihvam)
  • отдихам си pf (otdiham si), отдихвам си impf (otdihvam si, to take a rest)
  • диха́телен (dihátelen, respiratory)
  • ду́хам (dúham, to blow), дъ́хам (dǎ́ham, to scent)
  • дъх (dǎh, breath)

References

  • дихам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дихам, дихвам, дихна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 398
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