псувам

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

  • пцо́вам (pcóvam) dialectal
  • псу́я (psúja), псу́ам (psúam) dialectal

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pьsovati (to address a dog); equivalent to пес (pes) + -увам (-uvam). Cognate with Macedonian пцуе (pcue), Serbo-Croatian псо̀вати, Slovene psováti, Russian псова́ть (psovátʹ) (colloquial), Polish psować. Semantically analogous with German hunzen (to cuss) (from Hund (dog)), Lithuanian šunióti (to curse) (from šuõ (dog)).

Verb

псу́вам • (psúvam) first-singular present indicative, impf

  1. (intransitive) to swear
  2. (intransitive) to curse, to cuss
    Synonyms: ругая (rugaja), клеветя (klevetja)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • запсу́вам (zapsúvam), запцу́ем (zapcúem, to get swearing)
  • изпсу́вам (izpsúvam, to say a swear word)
  • попсу́вам (popsúvam, to swear for a while)
  • препсу́вам (prepsúvam, to cuss)
  • пропсу́вам (propsúvam, to swear for a first time)
  • разпсу́вам (razpsúvam, to curse everyone around)
  • псувня́ (psuvnjá, swear word)
  • псо́вка (psóvka), пцо́вка (pcóvka, expletive) (dialectal)

References

  • псувам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “псувам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 841
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