вям

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic вѣдѣти (věděti), from Proto-Slavic *věděti. Related to веде (vede, name of the letter 'В' in the Cyrillic alphabet).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vʲa̟m]
  • (file)

Verb

вям • (vjam) first-singular present indicative, impf

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) to be aware of, to know

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ведом (vedom, aware) (poetic)
  • ведомен (vedomen, known) (dobsolete)
  • ведовен (vedoven, known) (dialectal) (dialectal, with dissimilation of -мн- > -вн-)
  • вест (vest, message)
  • вещ (vešt, proficient)
  • сведение (svedenie, account, information)
  • сведок (svedok, witness) (dialectal, obsolete)
  • невям (nevjam, maybe, unbeknownst to me) (dialectal)

References

  • вѣдѣти in Исторически речник на българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “веш”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 140
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “веди, веде”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 126
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