жрея

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic жрѣти (žrěti), from Proto-Slavic *žerti (variant of *žьrti).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒrɛjɐ]

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Verb

жре́я • (žréja) first-singular present indicative, impf (archaic, literary)

1. (intransitive) to venerate, to worship, to perform a rite

   жре́я на нечести́в куми́р ― žréja na nečestív kumír ― to serve a rite to an unholy idol

Conjugation

    Conjugation of жре́я (conjugation 1.7, imperfective, intransitive)

participles		present active participle	past active aorist participle	past active imperfect participle	past passive participle	verbal noun	adverbial participle
masculine	indefinite	жре́ещ žréešt	жрял žrjal	жре́ел žréel	—		жре́ейки žréejki
	definite subject form	жре́ещият žréeštijat	жре́лият žrélijat	—	—
	definite object form	жре́ещия žréeštija	жре́лия žrélija	—	—
feminine	indefinite	жре́еща žréešta	жря́ла žrjála	жре́ела žréela	—
	definite	жре́ещата žréeštata	жря́лата žrjálata	—	—
neuter	indefinite	жре́ещо žréešto	жря́ло žrjálo	жре́ело žréelo	—	жре́ене žréene
	definite	жре́ещото žréeštoto	жря́лото žrjáloto	—	—	жре́енето žréeneto
plural	indefinite	жре́ещи žréešti	жре́ли žréli	жре́ели žréeli	—	жре́ения, жре́енета žréenija, žréeneta
	definite	жре́ещите žréeštite	жре́лите žrélite	—	—	жре́енията, жре́енетата žréenijata, žréenetata

person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present		жре́я žréja	жре́еш žréeš	жре́е žrée	жре́ем žréem	жре́ете žréete	жре́ят žréjat
imperfect		жре́ех žréeh	жре́еше žréeše	жре́еше žréeše	жре́ехме žréehme	жре́ехте žréehte	жре́еха žréeha
aorist		жрях žrjah	жря žrja	жря žrja	жря́хме žrjáhme	жря́хте žrjáhte	жря́ха žrjáha
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 жрял m, жря́ла f, жря́ло n, or жре́ли pl
past perfect		Use the imperfect indicative tense of съм and жрял m, жря́ла f, жря́ло n, or жре́ли pl
future perfect		Use the future indicative tense of съм and жрял m, жря́ла f, жря́ло n, or жре́ли pl
future perfect in the past		Use the future in the past indicative tense of съм and жрял m, жря́ла f, жря́ло n, or жре́ли 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 жре́ел m, жре́ела f, жре́ело n, or жре́ели pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and жрял m, жря́ла f, жря́ло n, or жре́ли 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 жрял m, жря́ла f, жря́ло n, or жре́ли pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past renarrative tense of съм and жрял m, жря́ла f, жря́ло n, or жре́ли pl
dubitative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and жре́ел m, жре́ела f, жре́ело n, or жре́ели pl
aorist		Use the aorist renarrative tense of съм and жрял m, жря́ла f, жря́ло n, or жре́ли 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 жрял m, жря́ла f, жря́ло n, or жре́ли pl
conclusive		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and жре́ел m, жре́ела f, жре́ело n, or жре́ели pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм and жрял m, жря́ла f, жря́ло n, or жре́ли 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 жрял m, жря́ла f, жря́ло n, or жре́ли pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past conclusive tense of съм and жрял m, жря́ла f, жря́ло n, or жре́ли pl
conditional		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
		Use the first aorist indicative tense of бъ́да and жрял m, жря́ла f, жря́ло n, or жре́ли pl
imperative		-	ти	-	-	вие	-
			жрей žrej			жре́йте žréjte

Related terms

• жрец m (žrec, “priest”), жри́ца f (žríca, “priestess”)
• же́ртва (žértva, “sacrifice”)

References

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жрея”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 554