невям

Bulgarian

Etymology

Fossilized phrase from не (ne) +‎ вям (vjam, “I am aware”), literally “I am unaware/uncertain”.

Adverb

невя́м • (nevjám) (not comparable)

  1. (dialectal) maybe, possibly, not certainly
    Synonyms: може би (može bi), сякаш (sjakaš), като че ли (kato če li)
  2. (dialectal) unbeknownst to me (used for emphasize)
    невям колко много ― nevjam kolko mnogo ― unbeknownst to me how much

Alternative forms
  • неве́м (nevém) — Western dialects

References
  • “невям”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “невям”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “невем”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 585
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “невям”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 593
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