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давам

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dāvàti (see there for further descendants). Morphologically parsable as дам (dam) +‎ -вам (-vam).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdavɐm]
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Verb

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да́вам (dávam) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective дам)

  1. (ditransitive) to give
    Ще ти дам книгата.
    Šte ti dam knigata.
    I will give you the book.
  2. (ditransitive) to let, to allow
    Synonyms: позволявам (pozvoljavam), разрешавам (razrešavam)
    Родителите ми не ми дават да ходя на кино.
    Roditelite mi ne mi davat da hodja na kino.
    My parents don't let me go to the cinema.
  3. (transitive) to produce, to yield, to bear
    Synonyms: произвеждам (proizveždam), раждам (raždam)
    Кравите дават мляко.
    Kravite davat mljako.
    Cows give milk.
  4. (transitive) to present in public performance, to give
    Давам концерт.
    Davam koncert.
    To give a concert.
  5. (transitive) to provide, as, a service or a broadcast, to show, to be on
    Вече не дават любимото ми предаване.
    Veče ne davat ljubimoto mi predavane.
    They no longer show my favourite programme.
    Дават новините.
    Davat novinite.
    The news is on.
  6. (ditransitive) to fix, to set
    Synonyms: поставям (postavjam), установявам (ustanovjavam)
    Учителката даде на учениците си задача да нарисуват ходило.
    Učitelkata dade na učenicite si zadača da narisuvat hodilo.
    The teacher set her students the task of drawing a foot.
    Давам срок
    Davam srok
    to set a time limit
    Давам тон
    Davam ton
    to set the tone
  7. (ditransitive) to estimate or predict (a duration or probability for something), to give
    Давам му десет минути преди да се откаже.
    Davam mu deset minuti predi da se otkaže.
    I give it ten minutes before he gives up.

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See also

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  • да́вя (dávja, to strangle) (etymologically unrelated)

References

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Anagrams

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