лея

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *liti, *lьjati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛjɐ]

Verb

ле́я • (léja) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective ли́вна or ли́ввам)

1. (transitive) to pour, to spill

   Synonyms: си́пвам (sípvam), нали́вам (nalívam)

2. (transitive) to flood, to outpour

   Synonyms: зали́вам (zalívam), пла́вя (plávja)

3. (transitive) to cast, to pour into a mould (in metallurgy)
4. (intransitive, dialectal) to pour down, to fall (for rain, precipitation)

   Synonym: валя́ (valjá)

5. (reflexive with се) to radiate, to permeate, to stream

   Ля се миризмата на кафе в стаята.

   Lja se mirizmata na kafe v stajata.

   The smell of coffee permeated the room.

6. (reflexive with се) to expend profusely; to squander

   Леят се пари за нищо!

   Lejat se pari za ništo!

   Money is being squandered for nothing!

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ле́я (conjugation 1.7, imperfective, transitive)

participles		present active participle	past active aorist participle	past active imperfect participle	past passive participle	verbal noun	adverbial participle
masculine	indefinite	ле́ещ léešt	лял ljal	ле́ел léel	лян ljan		ле́ейки léejki
	definite subject form	ле́ещият léeštijat	ле́лият lélijat	—	ле́ният lénijat
	definite object form	ле́ещия léeštija	ле́лия lélija	—	ле́ния lénija
feminine	indefinite	ле́еща léešta	ля́ла ljála	ле́ела léela	ля́на ljána
	definite	ле́ещата léeštata	ля́лата ljálata	—	ля́ната ljánata
neuter	indefinite	ле́ещо léešto	ля́ло ljálo	ле́ело léelo	ля́но ljáno	ле́ене léene
	definite	ле́ещото léeštoto	ля́лото ljáloto	—	ля́ното ljánoto	ле́енето léeneto
plural	indefinite	ле́ещи léešti	ле́ли léli	ле́ели léeli	ле́ни léni	ле́ения, ле́енета léenija, léeneta
	definite	ле́ещите léeštite	ле́лите lélite	—	ле́ните lénite	ле́енията, ле́енетата léenijata, léenetata

person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present		ле́я léja	ле́еш léeš	ле́е lée	ле́ем léem	ле́ете léete	ле́ят léjat
imperfect		ле́ех léeh	ле́еше léeše	ле́еше léeše	ле́ехме léehme	ле́ехте léehte	ле́еха léeha
aorist		лях ljah	ля lja	ля lja	ля́хме ljáhme	ля́хте ljáhte	ля́ха ljáha
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 лял m, ля́ла f, ля́ло n, or ле́ли pl
past perfect		Use the imperfect indicative tense of съм and лял m, ля́ла f, ля́ло n, or ле́ли pl
future perfect		Use the future indicative tense of съм and лял m, ля́ла f, ля́ло n, or ле́ли pl
future perfect in the past		Use the future in the past indicative tense of съм and лял m, ля́ла f, ля́ло n, or ле́ли 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 ле́ел m, ле́ела f, ле́ело n, or ле́ели pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and лял m, ля́ла f, ля́ло n, or ле́ли 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 лял m, ля́ла f, ля́ло n, or ле́ли pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past renarrative tense of съм and лял m, ля́ла f, ля́ло n, or ле́ли pl
dubitative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and ле́ел m, ле́ела f, ле́ело n, or ле́ели pl
aorist		Use the aorist renarrative tense of съм and лял m, ля́ла f, ля́ло n, or ле́ли 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 лял m, ля́ла f, ля́ло n, or ле́ли pl
conclusive		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and ле́ел m, ле́ела f, ле́ело n, or ле́ели pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм and лял m, ля́ла f, ля́ло n, or ле́ли 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 лял m, ля́ла f, ля́ло n, or ле́ли pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past conclusive tense of съм and лял m, ля́ла f, ля́ло n, or ле́ли pl
conditional		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
		Use the first aorist indicative tense of бъ́да and лял m, ля́ла f, ля́ло n, or ле́ли pl
imperative		-	ти	-	-	вие	-
			лей lej			ле́йте léjte

    Conjugation of ле́я (conjugation 1.6, imperfective, transitive)

participles		present active participle	past active aorist participle	past active imperfect participle	past passive participle	verbal noun	adverbial participle
masculine	indefinite	ле́ещ léešt	ле́ял, лея́л1 léjal, lejál1	ле́ел léel	ле́ян léjan		ле́ейки léejki
	definite subject form	ле́ещият léeštijat	ле́ялият, лея́лият1 léjalijat, lejálijat1	—	ле́яният léjanijat
	definite object form	ле́ещия léeštija	ле́ялия, лея́лия1 léjalija, lejálija1	—	ле́яния léjanija
feminine	indefinite	ле́еща léešta	ле́яла, лея́ла1 léjala, lejála1	ле́ела léela	ле́яна léjana
	definite	ле́ещата léeštata	ле́ялата, лея́лата1 léjalata, lejálata1	—	ле́яната léjanata
neuter	indefinite	ле́ещо léešto	ле́яло, лея́ло1 léjalo, lejálo1	ле́ело léelo	ле́яно léjano	ле́ене léene
	definite	ле́ещото léeštoto	ле́ялото, лея́лото1 léjaloto, lejáloto1	—	ле́яното léjanoto	ле́енето léeneto
plural	indefinite	ле́ещи léešti	ле́яли, лея́ли1 léjali, lejáli1	ле́ели léeli	ле́яни léjani	ле́ения, ле́енета léenija, léeneta
	definite	ле́ещите léeštite	ле́ялите, лея́лите1 léjalite, lejálite1	—	ле́яните léjanite	ле́енията, ле́енетата léenijata, léenetata

person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present		ле́я léja	ле́еш léeš	ле́е lée	ле́ем léem	ле́ете léete	ле́ят léjat
imperfect		ле́ех léeh	ле́еше léeše	ле́еше léeše	ле́ехме léehme	ле́ехте léehte	ле́еха léeha
aorist		ле́ях, лея́х1 léjah, lejáh1	ле́я, лея́1 léja, lejá1	ле́я, лея́1 léja, lejá1	ле́яхме, лея́хме1 léjahme, lejáhme1	ле́яхте, лея́хте1 léjahte, lejáhte1	ле́яха, лея́ха1 léjaha, lejáha1
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 ле́ял/лея́л1 m, ле́яла/лея́ла1 f, ле́яло/лея́ло1 n, or ле́яли/лея́ли1 pl
past perfect		Use the imperfect indicative tense of съм and ле́ял/лея́л1 m, ле́яла/лея́ла1 f, ле́яло/лея́ло1 n, or ле́яли/лея́ли1 pl
future perfect		Use the future indicative tense of съм and ле́ял/лея́л1 m, ле́яла/лея́ла1 f, ле́яло/лея́ло1 n, or ле́яли/лея́ли1 pl
future perfect in the past		Use the future in the past indicative tense of съм and ле́ял/лея́л1 m, ле́яла/лея́ла1 f, ле́яло/лея́ло1 n, or ле́яли/лея́ли1 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 ле́ел m, ле́ела f, ле́ело n, or ле́ели pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and ле́ял/лея́л1 m, ле́яла/лея́ла1 f, ле́яло/лея́ло1 n, or ле́яли/лея́ли1 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 ле́ял/лея́л1 m, ле́яла/лея́ла1 f, ле́яло/лея́ло1 n, or ле́яли/лея́ли1 pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past renarrative tense of съм and ле́ял/лея́л1 m, ле́яла/лея́ла1 f, ле́яло/лея́ло1 n, or ле́яли/лея́ли1 pl
dubitative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and ле́ел m, ле́ела f, ле́ело n, or ле́ели pl
aorist		Use the aorist renarrative tense of съм and ле́ял/лея́л1 m, ле́яла/лея́ла1 f, ле́яло/лея́ло1 n, or ле́яли/лея́ли1 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 ле́ял/лея́л1 m, ле́яла/лея́ла1 f, ле́яло/лея́ло1 n, or ле́яли/лея́ли1 pl
conclusive		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and ле́ел m, ле́ела f, ле́ело n, or ле́ели pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм and ле́ял/лея́л1 m, ле́яла/лея́ла1 f, ле́яло/лея́ло1 n, or ле́яли/лея́ли1 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 ле́ял/лея́л1 m, ле́яла/лея́ла1 f, ле́яло/лея́ло1 n, or ле́яли/лея́ли1 pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past conclusive tense of съм and ле́ял/лея́л1 m, ле́яла/лея́ла1 f, ле́яло/лея́ло1 n, or ле́яли/лея́ли1 pl
conditional		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
		Use the first aorist indicative tense of бъ́да and ле́ял/лея́л1 m, ле́яла/лея́ла1 f, ле́яло/лея́ло1 n, or ле́яли/лея́ли1 pl
imperative		-	ти	-	-	вие	-
			лей lej			ле́йте léjte

¹Dialectally marked.

    Conjugation of ле́я се (conjugation 1.6, imperfective, reflexive)

participles		present active participle	past active aorist participle	past active imperfect participle	past passive participle	verbal noun	adverbial participle
masculine	indefinite	ле́ещ се léešt se	ле́ял се, лея́л се1 léjal se, lejál se1	ле́ел се léel se	—		ле́ейки се léejki se
	definite subject form	ле́ещият се léeštijat se	ле́ялият се, лея́лият се1 léjalijat se, lejálijat se1	—	—
	definite object form	ле́ещия се léeštija se	ле́ялия се, лея́лия се1 léjalija se, lejálija se1	—	—
feminine	indefinite	ле́еща се léešta se	ле́яла се, лея́ла се1 léjala se, lejála se1	ле́ела се léela se	—
	definite	ле́ещата се léeštata se	ле́ялата се, лея́лата се1 léjalata se, lejálata se1	—	—
neuter	indefinite	ле́ещо се léešto se	ле́яло се, лея́ло се1 léjalo se, lejálo se1	ле́ело се léelo se	—	ле́ене léene
	definite	ле́ещото се léeštoto se	ле́ялото се, лея́лото се1 léjaloto se, lejáloto se1	—	—	ле́енето léeneto
plural	indefinite	ле́ещи се léešti se	ле́яли се, лея́ли се1 léjali se, lejáli se1	ле́ели се léeli se	—	ле́ения, ле́енета léenija, léeneta
	definite	ле́ещите се léeštite se	ле́ялите се, лея́лите се1 léjalite se, lejálite se1	—	—	ле́енията, ле́енетата léenijata, léenetata

person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present		ле́я се léja se	ле́еш се léeš se	ле́е се lée se	ле́ем се léem se	ле́ете се léete se	ле́ят се léjat se
imperfect		ле́ех се léeh se	ле́еше се léeše se	ле́еше се léeše se	ле́ехме се léehme se	ле́ехте се léehte se	ле́еха се léeha se
aorist		ле́ях се, лея́х се1 léjah se, lejáh se1	ле́я се, лея́ се1 léja se, lejá se1	ле́я се, лея́ се1 léja se, lejá se1	ле́яхме се, лея́хме се1 léjahme se, lejáhme se1	ле́яхте се, лея́хте се1 léjahte se, lejáhte se1	ле́яха се, лея́ха се1 léjaha se, lejáha se1
future	pos.	Use ще се followed by the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́ма да се followed by the present indicative tense
future in the past	pos.	Use the imperfect indicative tense of ща followed by да се and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́маше да се followed by the present indicative tense
present perfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and ле́ял се/лея́л се1 m, ле́яла се/лея́ла се1 f, ле́яло се/лея́ло се1 n, or ле́яли се/лея́ли се1 pl
past perfect		Use the imperfect indicative tense of съм and ле́ял се/лея́л се1 m, ле́яла се/лея́ла се1 f, ле́яло се/лея́ло се1 n, or ле́яли се/лея́ли се1 pl
future perfect		Use the future indicative tense of съм and ле́ял се/лея́л се1 m, ле́яла се/лея́ла се1 f, ле́яло се/лея́ло се1 n, or ле́яли се/лея́ли се1 pl
future perfect in the past		Use the future in the past indicative tense of съм and ле́ял се/лея́л се1 m, ле́яла се/лея́ла се1 f, ле́яло се/лея́ло се1 n, or ле́яли се/лея́ли се1 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 ле́ел се m, ле́ела се f, ле́ело се n, or ле́ели се pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and ле́ял се/лея́л се1 m, ле́яла се/лея́ла се1 f, ле́яло се/лея́ло се1 n, or ле́яли се/лея́ли се1 pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of ща followed by да се and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́мало да се and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and ле́ял се/лея́л се1 m, ле́яла се/лея́ла се1 f, ле́яло се/лея́ло се1 n, or ле́яли се/лея́ли се1 pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past renarrative tense of съм and ле́ял се/лея́л се1 m, ле́яла се/лея́ла се1 f, ле́яло се/лея́ло се1 n, or ле́яли се/лея́ли се1 pl
dubitative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and ле́ел се m, ле́ела се f, ле́ело се n, or ле́ели се pl
aorist		Use the aorist renarrative tense of съм and ле́ял се/лея́л се1 m, ле́яла се/лея́ла се1 f, ле́яло се/лея́ло се1 n, or ле́яли се/лея́ли се1 pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect dubitative tense of ща followed by да се and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́мало било́ да се 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 ле́ял се/лея́л се1 m, ле́яла се/лея́ла се1 f, ле́яло се/лея́ло се1 n, or ле́яли се/лея́ли се1 pl
conclusive		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and ле́ел се m, ле́ела се f, ле́ело се n, or ле́ели се pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм and ле́ял се/лея́л се1 m, ле́яла се/лея́ла се1 f, ле́яло се/лея́ло се1 n, or ле́яли се/лея́ли се1 pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect conclusive tense of ща followed by да се and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́мало е да се and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		Use the present/imperfect conclusive tense of съм and ле́ял се/лея́л се1 m, ле́яла се/лея́ла се1 f, ле́яло се/лея́ло се1 n, or ле́яли се/лея́ли се1 pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past conclusive tense of съм and ле́ял се/лея́л се1 m, ле́яла се/лея́ла се1 f, ле́яло се/лея́ло се1 n, or ле́яли се/лея́ли се1 pl
conditional		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
		Use the first aorist indicative tense of бъ́да and ле́ял се/лея́л се1 m, ле́яла се/лея́ла се1 f, ле́яло се/лея́ло се1 n, or ле́яли се/лея́ли се1 pl
imperative		-	ти	-	-	вие	-
			ле́й се léj se			ле́йте се léjte se

¹Dialectally marked.

Derived terms

• вле́я се pf (vléja se), вли́вам се impf (vlívam se)
• доле́я pf (doléja), доли́вам impf (dolívam)
• изле́я pf (izléja), изли́вам impf (izlívam)
• нале́я pf (naléja), нали́вам impf (nalívam)
• оле́я pf (oléja), оли́вам impf (olívam)
• отле́я pf (otléja), отли́вам impf (otlívam)
• поле́я pf (poléja), поли́вам impf (polívam)
• преле́я pf (preléja), прели́вам impf (prelívam)
• приле́я pf (priléja), прили́вам impf (prilívam)
• проле́я pf (proléja), проли́вам impf (prolívam)
• разле́я pf (razléja), разли́вам impf (razlívam)
• сле́я pf (sléja), сли́вам impf (slívam)
• лей (lej, “downpour”)
• ле́йка (léjka, “watering can”)

References

• “лея”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “лея”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlʲejə]

Noun

ле́я • (léja) m inan

1. genitive singular of лей (lej)