пребия

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Bulgarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *perbiti.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

преби́я (prebíja) first-singular present indicativepf (imperfective преби́вам)

  1. to beat up, to thrash
  2. (transferred sense) to kill
    Synonym: уби́я (ubíja)
  3. (colloquial) to break, to shatter
  4. (typically sports) to strike again
  5. (dialectal) to interrupt (someone's speech)
  6. (dialectal) to traverse, to transit, to pass over or through
  7. (with reference to sleep) to make feel drowsy
    Преби ме сън, така че на края заспах.
    Prebi me sǎn, taka če na kraja zaspah.
    I felt drowsy, so I fell asleep in the end.
    (literally, “sleep beat me up”)
  8. (reflexive) to injure oneself significantly
    пребия се по стълбите
    prebija se po stǎlbite
    to injure oneself on the stairs
  9. (reflexive, transferred sense) to kill oneself
  10. (reflexive, colloquial) to overexert oneself, to commit exhaustive effort to performing some task
  11. (reflexive, dialectal, archaic) to fracture, to splinter, to fragment
    войската се преби
    vojskata se prebi
    the army was divided
  12. (dialectal, of milk, etc.) to curdle, to coagulate, to spoil
    Synonyms: пресека́ се (preseká se), съсека́ се (sǎseká se)
    Млекото се преби.
    Mlekoto se prebi.
    The milk went and curdled.

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References[edit]

  • пребия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010