човъркам

Bulgarian

Etymology

Probably from че- (če-) + въ́ркам (vǎ́rkam) (dialectal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃo̟ˈvɤrkɐm]

Verb

човъ́ркам • (čovǎ́rkam) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective човъ́ркна)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to probe, to prod, to prick (with a probing tool)
    Synonyms: чо́пля (čóplja), чегъ́ртам (čegǎ́rtam)
  2. (transitive) to poke with fingers
  3. (transitive, abstract) to dig into, to examine (problem, question)
  4. (transitive, figurative) (+ personal pronoun) to worry, to bug, to keep one anxious
    човъ́рка ме стра́нно чу́вствоčovǎ́rka me stránno čúvstvoan odd feeling is bugging me

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • изчовъ́ркам pf (izčovǎ́rkam), изчовъ́рквам impf (izčovǎ́rkvam)
  • зачовъ́ркам pf (začovǎ́rkam), зачовъ́рквам impf (začovǎ́rkvam)
  • почовъ́ркам pf (počovǎ́rkam), почовъ́рквам impf (počovǎ́rkvam)
  • разчовъ́ркам pf (razčovǎ́rkam), разчовъ́рквам impf (razčovǎ́rkvam)

References

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