довлея

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dovьlěti (“to suffice”). Secondary meaning “to burden, to weigh on” has developed colloquially at a later time.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [doˈvlɛjɐ]

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Verb

довле́я • (dovléja) first-singular present indicative, impf

1. (intransitive, poetic, archaic) to suffice, to be enough
2. (intransitive, dialectal, figurative) to burden, to gnaw, to haunt, to weigh on (one's conscience)

   Synonyms: те́жа (téža), те́гна (tégna), гло́ждя (glóždja)

   Грях ми довле́е. ― Grjah mi dovlée. ― A sin is haunting me/weighs on my [conscience].

Conjugation

    Conjugation of довле́я (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	довле́ещ dovléešt	довля́л dovljál	довле́ел dovléel	—		довле́ейки dovléejki
	definite subject form	довле́ещият dovléeštijat	довле́лият dovlélijat	—	—
	definite object form	довле́ещия dovléeštija	довле́лия dovlélija	—	—
feminine	indefinite	довле́еща dovléešta	довля́ла dovljála	довле́ела dovléela	—
	definite	довле́ещата dovléeštata	довля́лата dovljálata	—	—
neuter	indefinite	довле́ещо dovléešto	довля́ло dovljálo	довле́ело dovléelo	—	довле́ене dovléene
	definite	довле́ещото dovléeštoto	довля́лото dovljáloto	—	—	довле́енето dovléeneto
plural	indefinite	довле́ещи dovléešti	довле́ли dovléli	довле́ели dovléeli	—	довле́ения, довле́енета dovléenija, dovléeneta
	definite	довле́ещите dovléeštite	довле́лите dovlélite	—	—	довле́енията, довле́енетата dovléenijata, dovléenetata

person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present		довле́я dovléja	довле́еш dovléeš	довле́е dovlée	довле́ем dovléem	довле́ете dovléete	довле́ят dovléjat
imperfect		довле́ех dovléeh	довле́еше dovléeše	довле́еше dovléeše	довле́ехме dovléehme	довле́ехте dovléehte	довле́еха dovléeha
aorist		довля́х dovljáh	довля́ dovljá	довля́ dovljá	довля́хме dovljáhme	довля́хте dovljáhte	довля́ха dovljáha
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 довля́л m, довля́ла f, довля́ло n, or довле́ли pl
past perfect		Use the imperfect indicative tense of съм and довля́л m, довля́ла f, довля́ло n, or довле́ли pl
future perfect		Use the future indicative tense of съм and довля́л m, довля́ла f, довля́ло n, or довле́ли pl
future perfect in the past		Use the future in the past indicative tense of съм and довля́л m, довля́ла f, довля́ло n, or довле́ли 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 довле́ел m, довле́ела f, довле́ело n, or довле́ели pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and довля́л m, довля́ла f, довля́ло n, or довле́ли 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 довля́л m, довля́ла f, довля́ло n, or довле́ли pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past renarrative tense of съм and довля́л m, довля́ла f, довля́ло n, or довле́ли pl
dubitative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and довле́ел m, довле́ела f, довле́ело n, or довле́ели pl
aorist		Use the aorist renarrative tense of съм and довля́л m, довля́ла f, довля́ло n, or довле́ли 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 довля́л m, довля́ла f, довля́ло n, or довле́ли pl
conclusive		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and довле́ел m, довле́ела f, довле́ело n, or довле́ели pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм and довля́л m, довля́ла f, довля́ло n, or довле́ли 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 довля́л m, довля́ла f, довля́ло n, or довле́ли pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past conclusive tense of съм and довля́л m, довля́ла f, довля́ло n, or довле́ли pl
conditional		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
		Use the first aorist indicative tense of бъ́да and довля́л m, довля́ла f, довля́ло n, or довле́ли pl
imperative		-	ти	-	-	вие	-
			довле́й dovléj			довле́йте dovléjte

Derived terms

• удовлетворя́ pf (udovletvorjá), удовлетворя́вам impf (udovletvorjávam, “to satisfy”)

Related terms

• ве́ля (vélja), ве́лям (véljam, “to proclaim, to ordine”) (dialectal)
• во́ля (vólja, “will”)
  • доволя́ pf (dovoljá) (dialectal), задоволя́вам impf (zadovoljávam, “to content, to satisfy”)
    • дово́лство (dovólstvo, “contentment”)
    • дово́лен (dovólen, “pleased, satisfied”)

References

• “довлея”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• довьлѣти in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɐˈvlʲejə]

Participle

довле́я • (dovléja)

1. present adverbial imperfective participle of довле́ть (dovlétʹ)