пухам

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Bulgarian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *puxati.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

пу́хам (púham) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective пу́хна) (obsolescent)

  1. (intransitive) to puff, to wheeze, to blow
  2. (intransitive) to swell, to bloat, to get inflated
Usage notes[edit]

Less frequently used than Etymology 2.

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References[edit]

  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “пухам¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 14

Etymology 2[edit]

Of expressive origin; possibly from Etymology 1 via semantic shift (prompting a shift in transitivity, too) or from the onomatopoeia пу-у-у (pu-u-u).

Comparable with Bulgarian бу́хам (búham, to batter), пу́кам (púkam, to crack, to burst).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

пу́хам (púham) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective пу́хна)

  1. (transitive) to smack, to thwack with accompanying dull noise
  2. (transitive) to pat, to dust off (something dusty)
  3. (transitive) to burst, to blow up (something by striking it)
  4. (transitive, figurative) to startle, to stun, to blow away someone's mind
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References[edit]

  • пухам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • пухам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “пухам²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 14