моля

See also: мола

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔlʲɐ]

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• Rhymes: -ɔlʲɐ
• Syllabification^(key): мо‧ля

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *moldʰ-éye-ti

Proto-Balto-Slavic *maldī́ˀtei

Proto-Slavic *modliti

Bulgarian моля

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *modliti (“to pray”).

Verb

мо́ля • (mólja) first-singular present indicative, impf

1. (transitive) to ask, to request (someone) [with за (za) ‘for something’]
2. (dialectal, intransitive) to negotiate, to confer [with с (s) ‘with somebody’]
3. (reflexive with се) to ask, to make a request [with за (za) ‘for something’]
4. (reflexive with се) to beg, to implore [with dative pronoun and за (za) ‘for something’]
5. (reflexive with се) to pray

Conjugation

    Conjugation of мо́ля (conjugation 2.1, imperfective, transitive)

participles		present active participle	past active aorist participle	past active imperfect participle	past passive participle	verbal noun	adverbial participle
masculine	indefinite	мо́лещ mólešt	мо́лил, моли́л1 mólil, molíl1	мо́лел mólel	мо́лен mólen		мо́лейки mólejki
	definite subject form	мо́лещият móleštijat	мо́лилият, моли́лият1 mólilijat, molílijat1	—	мо́леният mólenijat
	definite object form	мо́лещия móleštija	мо́лилия, моли́лия1 mólilija, molílija1	—	мо́ления mólenija
feminine	indefinite	мо́леща mólešta	мо́лила, моли́ла1 mólila, molíla1	мо́лела mólela	мо́лена mólena
	definite	мо́лещата móleštata	мо́лилата, моли́лата1 mólilata, molílata1	—	мо́лената mólenata
neuter	indefinite	мо́лещо mólešto	мо́лило, моли́ло1 mólilo, molílo1	мо́лело mólelo	мо́лено móleno	мо́лене mólene
	definite	мо́лещото móleštoto	мо́лилото, моли́лото1 móliloto, molíloto1	—	мо́леното mólenoto	мо́ленето móleneto
plural	indefinite	мо́лещи mólešti	мо́лили, моли́ли1 mólili, molíli1	мо́лели móleli	мо́лени móleni	мо́ления, мо́ленета mólenija, móleneta
	definite	мо́лещите móleštite	мо́лилите, моли́лите1 mólilite, molílite1	—	мо́лените mólenite	мо́ленията, мо́ленетата mólenijata, mólenetata

person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present		мо́ля mólja	мо́лиш móliš	мо́ли móli	мо́лим mólim	мо́лите mólite	мо́лят móljat
imperfect		мо́лех móleh	мо́леше móleše	мо́леше móleše	мо́лехме mólehme	мо́лехте mólehte	мо́леха móleha
aorist		мо́лих, моли́х1 mólih, molíh1	мо́ли, моли́1 móli, molí1	мо́ли, моли́1 móli, molí1	мо́лихме, моли́хме1 mólihme, molíhme1	мо́лихте, моли́хте1 mólihte, molíhte1	мо́лиха, моли́ха1 móliha, molíha1
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 мо́лил/моли́л1 m, мо́лила/моли́ла1 f, мо́лило/моли́ло1 n, or мо́лили/моли́ли1 pl
past perfect		Use the imperfect indicative tense of съм and мо́лил/моли́л1 m, мо́лила/моли́ла1 f, мо́лило/моли́ло1 n, or мо́лили/моли́ли1 pl
future perfect		Use the future indicative tense of съм and мо́лил/моли́л1 m, мо́лила/моли́ла1 f, мо́лило/моли́ло1 n, or мо́лили/моли́ли1 pl
future perfect in the past		Use the future in the past indicative tense of съм and мо́лил/моли́л1 m, мо́лила/моли́ла1 f, мо́лило/моли́ло1 n, or мо́лили/моли́ли1 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 мо́лел m, мо́лела f, мо́лело n, or мо́лели pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and мо́лил/моли́л1 m, мо́лила/моли́ла1 f, мо́лило/моли́ло1 n, or мо́лили/моли́ли1 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 мо́лил/моли́л1 m, мо́лила/моли́ла1 f, мо́лило/моли́ло1 n, or мо́лили/моли́ли1 pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past renarrative tense of съм and мо́лил/моли́л1 m, мо́лила/моли́ла1 f, мо́лило/моли́ло1 n, or мо́лили/моли́ли1 pl
dubitative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and мо́лел m, мо́лела f, мо́лело n, or мо́лели pl
aorist		Use the aorist renarrative tense of съм and мо́лил/моли́л1 m, мо́лила/моли́ла1 f, мо́лило/моли́ло1 n, or мо́лили/моли́ли1 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 мо́лил/моли́л1 m, мо́лила/моли́ла1 f, мо́лило/моли́ло1 n, or мо́лили/моли́ли1 pl
conclusive		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and мо́лел m, мо́лела f, мо́лело n, or мо́лели pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм and мо́лил/моли́л1 m, мо́лила/моли́ла1 f, мо́лило/моли́ло1 n, or мо́лили/моли́ли1 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 мо́лил/моли́л1 m, мо́лила/моли́ла1 f, мо́лило/моли́ло1 n, or мо́лили/моли́ли1 pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past conclusive tense of съм and мо́лил/моли́л1 m, мо́лила/моли́ла1 f, мо́лило/моли́ло1 n, or мо́лили/моли́ли1 pl
conditional		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
		Use the first aorist indicative tense of бъ́да and мо́лил/моли́л1 m, мо́лила/моли́ла1 f, мо́лило/моли́ло1 n, or мо́лили/моли́ли1 pl
imperative		-	ти	-	-	вие	-
			моли́ molí			моле́те moléte

¹Dialectally marked.

Derived terms

verbs

• замоля pf (zamolja), замолвам impf (zamolvam)
• измоля pf (izmolja), измолвам impf (izmolvam)
• омоля pf (omolja), омолвам impf (omolvam)
• помоля pf (pomolja), помолвам impf (pomolvam)
• примоля се pf (primolja se), примолвам се impf (primolvam se)
• размоля се pf (razmolja se), размолвам се impf (razmolvam se)

verbs

• умоля pf (umolja), умолявам impf (umoljavam)

nouns

• (agent noun) богомо́лка (bogomólka, “mantis”)
• (action noun) молба́ (molbá)
• (action noun) моли́тва (molítva)
• (abstract noun) мо́ля (mólja) (dialectal)
• (agent noun) моля́ч m (moljáč)
• (agent noun) моля́чка f (moljáčka)

Interjection

мо́ля • (mólja)

1. please
2. pardon, I beg your pardon
3. help yourself
4. you're welcome, don't mention it, not at all
5. sure

References

• “моля”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “моля”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899), “мо́лѭ, -ишь; -ли́лъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 78
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “моля¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 221
• “молити”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2026

Etymology 2

Derived from Proto-Slavic *modla, reshaped to resemble ja-stems во́ля (vólja, “will”), dial. до́ля (dólja, “lot, fate”).

Noun

мо́ля • (mólja) f (obsolete)

1. (abstract) appeal, request (for friendship, marriage, union)

Conjugation

Declension of мо́ля

	singular	plural
indefinite	мо́ля mólja	мо́ли1 móli1
definite	мо́лята móljata	мо́лите1 mólite1

¹Rare.

References

• Nayden Gerov (1899), “мо́лꙗ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 79
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “моля²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 223

Anagrams

• ломя (lomja)

Russian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɐˈlʲa]

Participle

моля́ • (moljá)

1. present adverbial imperfective participle of моли́ть (molítʹ)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmolʲə]

Noun

мо́ля • (mólja) m inan

1. genitive singular of моль (molʹ)