помия

Bulgarian

Etymology

Deverbal from помивам (pomivam, “to wash out”) (formally reflecting as earlier *pomyja).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [poˈmijɐ]

Noun

поми́я • (pomíja) f (relational adjective поми́ен)

  1. sewage, swill, slops
  2. (figurative, collective) insults, aspersions
    хвърлям помия по някого ― hvǎrljam pomija po njakogo ― to insult (literally, “to throw filth at somebody”)

Declension
Declension of поми́я
singular
indefinite поми́я
pomíja
definite поми́ята
pomíjata
  • ми́ене (míene, “washing”)

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