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]

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Verb

вям • (vjam) first-singular present indicative, impf

1. (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		none
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)
• ведомен (vedomen, “known”) (dobsolete)
• ведовен (vedoven, “known”) (dialectal) (dialectal, with dissimilation of -мн- > -вн-)
• 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, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “веш”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 140
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “веди, веде”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 126