жигуя
Bulgarian
Etymology
жиг (žig, “burn, branding”) + -уя (-uja)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʒiɡʊjə]
Verb
жи́гуя • (žíguja) impf (dialectal)
- (intransitive) to feel pain from burning
- Synonym: (obsolete) горю́вам (gorjúvam)
- (intransitive, figuratively) to grieve, to mourn
- Synonyms: тъжа́ (tǎžá), скърбя́ (skǎrbjá), жа́ля (žálja)
Alternative forms
- жи́гуям (žígujam) (Western dialects)
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- зажигу́я (zažigúja, “to get grieving”)
Related terms
- жи́жам (žížam, “to scorch”) (dialectal)
- жиго́сам pf (žigósam), жиго́свам impf (žigósvam, “to brand”)
References
- жигуя in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
- Gerov, Najden (1895), “жи́гуѭ”, in Rěčnik na blǎgarskyj jazyk [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Družestvena pečatnica “Sǎglasie”, page 20