стрелям
See also: стрелам
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *strěľati, cognate with Macedonian стрела (strela), Serbo-Croatian стриjѐљати, Slovene strẹ́ljati, Russian стреля́ть (streljátʹ), Polish strzelać.
Originally, the verb referred only to shooting/propelling arrows (with a bow or a swing). Over time, it started being used for conveying shooting of any type of missile, including firing modern guns.
Verb
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- (ditransitive) to shoot, to propel (arrows, spears, stones)
- (ditransitive) to fire (modern weapons)
- (reflexive) to propel, to accelerate oneself
Inflection
Derived terms
- изстрелям (izstreljam)
- застрелям (zastreljam)
- обстрелям (obstreljam)
- отстрелям (otstreljam)
- прострелям (prostreljam)
- престрелка (prestrelka, “shootout, firefight”)
Related terms
Further reading
- Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “стрела”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 492
References
- “стрелям”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014