боравя

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *boraviti, of disputed origin. Limited to South Slavic.

• Per BER, possibly akin to бо́ря (bórja, “to wrestle”) +‎ -авя (-avja).
• Per Miklošič, from a hypothetical *bvor-, cognate with the copula *byti (“to be”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [boˈravʲɐ]

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Verb

бора́вя • (borávja) first-singular present indicative, impf

1. (intransitive, with с)
   1. to handle, to deal with, to work with

      боравя с пари ― boravja s pari ― to handle money

   2. to make use of, to utilize

      Не мога да боравя с компютри.

      Ne moga da boravja s kompjutri.

      I can't use computers.

   3. to occupy oneself
   4. (archaic) to rule, to administer

      В царството вече боравят синовете на Шишман.

      V carstvoto veče boravjat sinovete na Šišman.

      Shishman's sons now prevail in the kingdom.

   5. (figurative) to manage, to order, to make arrangements

      Какви ги боравихме ранше, а каква стана? (idiom)

      Kakvi gi boravihme ranše, a kakva stana?

      Saying is one thing, doing is another.

      (literally, “What had we instructed a priori, and what has it [actually] happened?”)

2. (transitive, dialectal)
   1. to stir, to whisk

      Готварката го разборави оризот, та да не загори. (Southwestern dialect)

      Gotvarkata go razboravi orizot, ta da ne zagori.

      The cook stirred up the rice, so it does not burn.

   2. to disturb, to meddle

Conjugation

    Conjugation of бора́вя (conjugation 2.1, imperfective, intransitive)

participles		present active participle	past active aorist participle	past active imperfect participle	past passive participle	verbal noun	adverbial participle
masculine	indefinite	бора́вещ borávešt	бора́вил, борави́л1 borávil, boravíl1	бора́вел borável	—		бора́вейки borávejki
	definite subject form	бора́вещият boráveštijat	бора́вилият, борави́лият1 borávilijat, boravílijat1	—	—
	definite object form	бора́вещия boráveštija	бора́вилия, борави́лия1 borávilija, boravílija1	—	—
feminine	indefinite	бора́веща borávešta	бора́вила, борави́ла1 borávila, boravíla1	бора́вела borávela	—
	definite	бора́вещата boráveštata	бора́вилата, борави́лата1 borávilata, boravílata1	—	—
neuter	indefinite	бора́вещо borávešto	бора́вило, борави́ло1 borávilo, boravílo1	бора́вело borávelo	—	бора́вене borávene
	definite	бора́вещото boráveštoto	бора́вилото, борави́лото1 boráviloto, boravíloto1	—	—	бора́венето boráveneto
plural	indefinite	бора́вещи borávešti	бора́вили, борави́ли1 borávili, boravíli1	бора́вели boráveli	—	бора́вения, бора́венета borávenija, boráveneta
	definite	бора́вещите boráveštite	бора́вилите, борави́лите1 borávilite, boravílite1	—	—	бора́венията, бора́венетата borávenijata, borávenetata

person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present		бора́вя borávja	бора́виш boráviš	бора́ви borávi	бора́вим borávim	бора́вите borávite	бора́вят borávjat
imperfect		бора́вех boráveh	бора́веше boráveše	бора́веше boráveše	бора́вехме borávehme	бора́вехте borávehte	бора́веха boráveha
aorist		бора́вих, борави́х1 borávih, boravíh1	бора́ви, борави́1 borávi, boraví1	бора́ви, борави́1 borávi, boraví1	бора́вихме, борави́хме1 borávihme, boravíhme1	бора́вихте, борави́хте1 borávihte, boravíhte1	бора́виха, борави́ха1 boráviha, boravíha1
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 бора́вил/борави́л1 m, бора́вила/борави́ла1 f, бора́вило/борави́ло1 n, or бора́вили/борави́ли1 pl
past perfect		Use the imperfect indicative tense of съм and бора́вил/борави́л1 m, бора́вила/борави́ла1 f, бора́вило/борави́ло1 n, or бора́вили/борави́ли1 pl
future perfect		Use the future indicative tense of съм and бора́вил/борави́л1 m, бора́вила/борави́ла1 f, бора́вило/борави́ло1 n, or бора́вили/борави́ли1 pl
future perfect in the past		Use the future in the past indicative tense of съм and бора́вил/борави́л1 m, бора́вила/борави́ла1 f, бора́вило/борави́ло1 n, or бора́вили/борави́ли1 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 бора́вел m, бора́вела f, бора́вело n, or бора́вели pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and бора́вил/борави́л1 m, бора́вила/борави́ла1 f, бора́вило/борави́ло1 n, or бора́вили/борави́ли1 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 бора́вил/борави́л1 m, бора́вила/борави́ла1 f, бора́вило/борави́ло1 n, or бора́вили/борави́ли1 pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past renarrative tense of съм and бора́вил/борави́л1 m, бора́вила/борави́ла1 f, бора́вило/борави́ло1 n, or бора́вили/борави́ли1 pl
dubitative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and бора́вел m, бора́вела f, бора́вело n, or бора́вели pl
aorist		Use the aorist renarrative tense of съм and бора́вил/борави́л1 m, бора́вила/борави́ла1 f, бора́вило/борави́ло1 n, or бора́вили/борави́ли1 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 бора́вил/борави́л1 m, бора́вила/борави́ла1 f, бора́вило/борави́ло1 n, or бора́вили/борави́ли1 pl
conclusive		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and бора́вел m, бора́вела f, бора́вело n, or бора́вели pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм and бора́вил/борави́л1 m, бора́вила/борави́ла1 f, бора́вило/борави́ло1 n, or бора́вили/борави́ли1 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 бора́вил/борави́л1 m, бора́вила/борави́ла1 f, бора́вило/борави́ло1 n, or бора́вили/борави́ли1 pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past conclusive tense of съм and бора́вил/борави́л1 m, бора́вила/борави́ла1 f, бора́вило/борави́ло1 n, or бора́вили/борави́ли1 pl
conditional		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
		Use the first aorist indicative tense of бъ́да and бора́вил/борави́л1 m, бора́вила/борави́ла1 f, бора́вило/борави́ло1 n, or бора́вили/борави́ли1 pl
imperative		-	ти	-	-	вие	-
			борави́ boraví			бораве́те boravéte

¹Dialectally marked.

Derived terms

verbs

• забора́вя pf (zaborávja), забора́вям impf (zaborávjam)
• обора́вя pf (oborávja), обора́вям impf (oborávjam)
• побора́вя pf (poborávja), побора́вям impf (poborávjam)
• разбора́вя pf (razborávja), разбора́вям impf (razborávjam)

 

• бора́вям (borávjam) (intensive)

References

• “боравя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “боравя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1895) “бора́вѭ, -ишь; -ви́лъ (бора́вꙗмь)”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 63
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “боравя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 67