невям
Bulgarian
Etymology
Fossilized phrase from не (ne) + вям (vjam, “I am aware”), literally “I am unaware/uncertain”.
Adverb
невя́м • (nevjám) (no comparative)
- (dialectal) maybe, possibly, not certainly
- Synonyms: може би (može bi), сякаш (sjakaš), като че ли (kato če li)
- (dialectal) unbeknownst to me (used for emphasize)
- невям колко много ― nevjam kolko mnogo ― unbeknownst to me home much
Alternative forms
- неве́м (nevém) (Western dialects)
References
- невям in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
- невям in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
- Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1971), “невем”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 585
- Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1971), “невям”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 593