почивам

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *počivati, an iterative of Old Church Slavonic почити (počiti) + -вам (-vam).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [poˈt͡ʃivɐm]

Verb

почи́вам • (počívam) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective почи́на)

  1. (intransitive) not to work, to rest, to take a break
  2. (figuratively, intransitive) to die, to pass away
    почи́вай в мир!počívaj v mir!rest in peace!
  3. (reflexive with си) to relax, to have a rest, to take a rest

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • изпочи́вам (izpočívam, to rest, to restore one's strength) (dialectal)
  • отпочи́вам (otpočívam, to take a break to rest)
  • почи́вка (počívka, break, rest)
  • почива́лище (počiválište, resort, place for resting)
  • почи́вен (počíven, resting)
  • почи́вш (počívš), почи́вши (počívši, rested) (dated, obsolete)

References

  • почивам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • почивам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “почивам, почина”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 567
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