кретам

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krętati.

Verb

кре́там • (krétam) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective кре́тна)

  1. (intransitive) to trudge, to tramp with heavy steps (due to exhaustion or encountered hindrance)
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to struggle, to live from hand to mouth
    едва кретам (idiom)edva kretamto barely make the ends meet
  3. (transitive, dialectal) to lift, to elevate [something] with great effort

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • кре́твам (krétvam), кре́ткам (krétkam) (semelfactive)
  • крету́цам (kretúcam, to walk slowly, to totter) (dialectal)
  • докре́там pf (dokrétam), докре́твам impf (dokrétvam)
  • закре́там pf (zakrétam), закре́твам impf (zakrétvam)
  • изкре́там pf (izkrétam), изкре́твам impf (izkrétvam)
  • накре́там се pf (nakrétam se), накре́твам се impf (nakrétvam se)
  • прекре́там pf (prekrétam), прекре́твам impf (prekrétvam)

References

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

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