вям
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Old Church Slavonic вѣдѣти (věděti), from Proto-Slavic *věděti. Related to веде (vede, “name of the letter 'В' in the Cyrillic alphabet”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vʲa̟m]
Verb
вям • (vjam) impf
- (intransitive, obsolete) to be aware of, to know
Conjugation
Conjugation of вям (conjugation 1.1, irregular, imperfective, intransitive)
| participles | present active participle | past active aorist participle | past active imperfect participle | past passive participle | verbal noun | adverbial participle | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | indefinite | вядя́щ vjadjášt | вял vjal | вядя́л vjadjál | — | вяде́йки vjadéjki | |
| definite subject form | вядя́щият vjadjáštijat | вя́лият vjálijat | — | — | |||
| definite object form | вядя́щия vjadjáštija | вя́лия vjálija | — | — | |||
| feminine | indefinite | вядя́ща vjadjášta | вя́ла vjála | вядя́ла vjadjála | — | ||
| definite | вядя́щата vjadjáštata | вя́лата vjálata | — | — | |||
| neuter | indefinite | вядя́що vjadjášto | вя́ло vjálo | вядя́ло vjadjálo | — | вя́дене vjádene | |
| definite | вядя́щото vjadjáštoto | вя́лото vjáloto | — | — | вя́денето vjádeneto | ||
| plural | indefinite | вядя́щи vjadjášti | вя́ли vjáli | вяде́ли vjadéli | — | вя́дения, вя́денета vjádenija, vjádeneta | |
| definite | вядя́щите vjadjáštite | вя́лите vjálite | — | — | вя́денията, вя́денетата vjádenijata, vjádenetata | ||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | аз | ти | той/тя/то | ние | вие | те | |
| present | вям vjam | вяде́ш vjadéš | вяде́ vjadé | вяде́м vjadém | вяде́те vjadéte | вяда́т vjadát | |
| imperfect | вядя́х vjadjáh | вяде́ше vjadéše | вяде́ше vjadéše | вядя́хме vjadjáhme | вядя́хте vjadjáhte | вядя́ха vjadjáha | |
| aorist | вя́дох vjádoh | вя́де vjáde | вя́де vjáde | вя́дохме vjádohme | вя́дохте vjádohte | вя́доха vjádoha | |
| future | pos. | Use ще followed by the present indicative tense | |||||
| neg. | Use ня́ма да followed by the present indicative tense | ||||||
| future in the past | pos. | Use the imperfect indicative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense | |||||
| neg. | Use ня́маше да followed by the present indicative tense | ||||||
| present perfect | Use the present indicative tense of съм and вял m, вя́ла f, вя́ло n, or вя́ли pl | ||||||
| past perfect | Use the imperfect indicative tense of съм and вял m, вя́ла f, вя́ло n, or вя́ли pl | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future indicative tense of съм and вял m, вя́ла f, вя́ло n, or вя́ли pl | ||||||
| future perfect in the past | Use the future in the past indicative tense of съм and вял m, вя́ла f, вя́ло n, or вя́ли pl | ||||||
| renarrative | аз | ти | той/тя/то | ние | вие | те | |
| present and imperfect | Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and вядя́л m, вядя́ла f, вядя́ло n, or вяде́ли pl | ||||||
| aorist | Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and вял m, вя́ла f, вя́ло n, or вя́ли pl | ||||||
| future and future in the past | pos. | Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense | |||||
| neg. | Use ня́мало да and the present indicative tense | ||||||
| present and past perfect | Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and вял m, вя́ла f, вя́ло n, or вя́ли pl | ||||||
| future perfect and future perfect in the past | Use the future/future in the past renarrative tense of съм and вял m, вя́ла f, вя́ло n, or вя́ли pl | ||||||
| dubitative | аз | ти | той/тя/то | ние | вие | те | |
| present and imperfect | Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and вядя́л m, вядя́ла f, вядя́ло n, or вяде́ли pl | ||||||
| aorist | Use the aorist renarrative tense of съм and вял m, вя́ла f, вя́ло n, or вя́ли pl | ||||||
| future and future in the past | pos. | Use the present/imperfect dubitative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense | |||||
| neg. | Use ня́мало било́ да and the present indicative tense | ||||||
| present and past perfect | |||||||
| future perfect and future perfect in the past | Use the future/future in the past dubitative tense of съм and вял m, вя́ла f, вя́ло n, or вя́ли pl | ||||||
| conclusive | аз | ти | той/тя/то | ние | вие | те | |
| present and imperfect | Use the present indicative tense of съм and вядя́л m, вядя́ла f, вядя́ло n, or вяде́ли pl | ||||||
| aorist | Use the present indicative tense of съм and вял m, вя́ла f, вя́ло n, or вя́ли pl | ||||||
| future and future in the past | pos. | Use the present/imperfect conclusive tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense | |||||
| neg. | Use ня́мало е да and the present indicative tense | ||||||
| present and past perfect | Use the present/imperfect conclusive tense of съм and вял m, вя́ла f, вя́ло n, or вя́ли pl | ||||||
| future perfect and future perfect in the past | Use the future/future in the past conclusive tense of съм and вял m, вя́ла f, вя́ло n, or вя́ли pl | ||||||
| conditional | аз | ти | той/тя/то | ние | вие | те | |
| Use the first aorist indicative tense of бъ́да and вял m, вя́ла f, вя́ло n, or вя́ли pl | |||||||
| imperative | - | ти | - | - | вие | - | |
| вяж vjaž | вяде́те vjadéte | ||||||
Derived terms
- ведом (vedom, “aware”) (poetic)
- вест (vest, “message”)
- вещ (vešt, “proficient”)
- сведение (svedenie, “account, information”)
- сведок (svedok, “witness”) (dialectal, obsolete)
- невям (nevjam, “maybe, unbeknownst to me”) (dialectal)
References
- вѣдѣти in Исторически речник на българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"
- Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1971), “веш”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 140
- Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1971), “веди, веде”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 126