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

1. (ditransitive) to shoot, to propel (arrows, spears, stones)
2. (ditransitive) to fire (modern weapons)

   Synonyms: пуцам (pucam), гърмя (gǎrmja)

3. (reflexive) to propel, to accelerate oneself

Derived terms

• изстрелям (izstreljam)
• застрелям (zastreljam)
• обстрелям (obstreljam)
• отстрелям (otstreljam)
• прострелям (prostreljam)
• престрелка (prestrelka, “shootout, firefight”)

Related terms

• стрела (strela, “arrow”)
• стрелец (strelec, “shooter”)
• стрелба (strelba, “shooting”)

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