крякам

Bulgarian

Etymology

Of imitative origin, from the onomatopoeia кря-кря (krja-krja) + -кам (-kam).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkrʲa̟kɐm]

Verb

кря́кам • (krjákam) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective кря́кна)

  1. (intransitive) to cackle, to shriek, to croak (of birds)
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to honk, to gabble (to utter inarticulate sounds)
  3. (reflexive with си, figurative) to hem and haw, to mumble nonchalantly (to talk passionately without actually expressing anything sensible)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • кря́квам (krjákvam) (semelfactive)
  • закря́кам pf (zakrjákam), закря́квам impf (zakrjákvam)
  • изкря́кам pf (izkrjákam), изкря́квам impf (izkrjákvam)
  • накря́кам се pf (nakrjákam se), накря́квам се impf (nakrjákvam se)
  • покря́кам pf (pokrjákam), покря́квам impf (pokrjákvam)
  • разкря́кам се pf (razkrjákam se), разкря́квам се impf (razkrjákvam se)
  • кря́каница (krjákanica), кря́кот (krjákot)
  • кря́чка (krjáčka, shriek (bird))

References

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