жигуя

Bulgarian

Etymology

жиг (žig, “burn, branding”) +‎ -уя (-uja)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒiɡojɐ]

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Verb

жи́гуя • (žíguja) first-singular present indicative, impf (dialectal)

1. (intransitive) to feel pain from burning

   Synonym: (obsolete) горю́вам (gorjúvam)

2. (intransitive, figurative) to grieve, to mourn

   Synonyms: тъжа́ (tǎžá), скърбя́ (skǎrbjá), жа́ля (žálja)

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• жи́гуям (žígujam) — Western dialects

Derived terms

• зажигу́я (zažigúja, “to get grieving”)

Related terms

• жи́жам (žížam, “to scorch”) (dialectal)
• жиго́сам pf (žigósam), жиго́свам impf (žigósvam, “to brand”)

References

• Nayden Gerov (1897), “жи́гуѭ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 20