найда

Bulgarian

Etymology

By surface analysis, на- (na-) +‎ и́да (ída, “to come, to arrive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnajdɐ]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -ajdɐ

Verb

на́йда • (nájda) first-singular present indicative, pf (imperfective найду́вам or нахо́ждам) (dialectal)

1. (transitive) to encounter, to stumble upon

   найдох един познат ― najdoh edin poznat ― [I] encountered an acquaintance

2. (transitive) to find, to come across

   имам найдени едни обуща ― imam najdeni edni obušta ― [I] have found some footwear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of на́йда (conjugation 1.1, perfective, intransitive)

participles		present active participle	past active aorist participle	past active imperfect participle	past passive participle	verbal noun	adverbial participle
masculine	indefinite	—	найл najl	на́йдел nájdel	—		—
	definite subject form	—	на́йлият nájlijat	—	—
	definite object form	—	на́йлия nájlija	—	—
feminine	indefinite	—	на́йла nájla	на́йдела nájdela	—
	definite	—	на́йлата nájlata	—	—
neuter	indefinite	—	на́йло nájlo	на́йдело nájdelo	—	—
	definite	—	на́йлото nájloto	—	—	—
plural	indefinite	—	на́йли nájli	на́йдели nájdeli	—	—
	definite	—	на́йлите nájlite	—	—	—

person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present		на́йда nájda	на́йдеш nájdeš	на́йде nájde	на́йдем nájdem	на́йдете nájdete	на́йдат nájdat
imperfect		на́йдех nájdeh	на́йдеше nájdeše	на́йдеше nájdeše	на́йдехме nájdehme	на́йдехте nájdehte	на́йдеха nájdeha
aorist		на́йдох nájdoh	на́йде nájde	на́йде nájde	на́йдохме nájdohme	на́йдохте nájdohte	на́йдоха nájdoha
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 найл m, на́йла f, на́йло n, or на́йли pl
past perfect		Use the imperfect indicative tense of съм and найл m, на́йла f, на́йло n, or на́йли pl
future perfect		Use the future indicative tense of съм and найл m, на́йла f, на́йло n, or на́йли pl
future perfect in the past		Use the future in the past indicative tense of съм and найл m, на́йла f, на́йло n, or на́йли 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 на́йдел m, на́йдела f, на́йдело n, or на́йдели pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and найл m, на́йла f, на́йло n, or на́йли 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 найл m, на́йла f, на́йло n, or на́йли pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past renarrative tense of съм and найл m, на́йла f, на́йло n, or на́йли pl
dubitative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and на́йдел m, на́йдела f, на́йдело n, or на́йдели pl
aorist		Use the aorist renarrative tense of съм and найл m, на́йла f, на́йло n, or на́йли 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 найл m, на́йла f, на́йло n, or на́йли pl
conclusive		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and на́йдел m, на́йдела f, на́йдело n, or на́йдели pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм and найл m, на́йла f, на́йло n, or на́йли 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 найл m, на́йла f, на́йло n, or на́йли pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past conclusive tense of съм and найл m, на́йла f, на́йло n, or на́йли pl
conditional		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
		Use the first aorist indicative tense of бъ́да and найл m, на́йла f, на́йло n, or на́йли pl
imperative		-	ти	-	-	вие	-
			найди́ najdí			найде́те najdéte

Alternative forms

• на́йдем (nájdem) — regional, with athematic endings

Derived terms

verbs

• изнайда pf (iznajda), изнайдам impf (iznajdam)
• снайда pf (snajda), снайдам impf (snajdam)

nouns

• (agent noun) на́йденик (nájdenik)

proper nouns

• На́йден m (Nájden), На́йдена f (Nájdena)

References

• “найда”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1899), “на́йдѫ, -ешь; найдо́хъ; нашь́лъ”, 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 162
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “найда, найдем”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 477
• “наити”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2026