довлея

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dovьlěti (to suffice). Secondary meaning “to burden, to weigh on” has developed colloquially at a later time.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [doˈvlɛjɐ]
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Verb

довле́я • (dovléja) first-singular present indicative, impf

  1. (intransitive, poetic, archaic) to suffice, to be enough
  2. (intransitive, dialectal, figurative) to burden, to gnaw, to haunt, to weigh on (one's conscience)
    Synonyms: те́жа (téža), те́гна (tégna), гло́ждя (glóždja)
    Грях ми довле́е.Grjah mi dovlée.A sin is haunting me/weighs on my [conscience].

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ве́ля (vélja), ве́лям (véljam, to proclaim, to ordine) (dialectal)
  • во́ля (vólja, will)
    • доволя́ pf (dovoljá) (dialectal), задоволя́вам impf (zadovoljávam, to content, to satisfy)
      • дово́лство (dovólstvo, contentment)
      • дово́лен (dovólen, pleased, satisfied)

References

  • довлея”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • довьлѣти in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dɐˈvlʲejə]

Participle

довле́я • (dovléja)

  1. present adverbial imperfective participle of довле́ть (dovlétʹ)
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