невям
Bulgarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Fossilized phrase from не (ne) + вям (vjam, “I am aware”), literally “I am unaware/uncertain”.
Adverb
[edit]невя́м • (nevjám) (not comparable)
- (dialectal) maybe, possibly, not certainly
- Synonyms: може би (može bi), сякаш (sjakaš), като че ли (kato če li)
- (dialectal) unbeknownst to me (used for emphasize)
- невям колко много ― nevjam kolko mnogo ― unbeknownst to me how much
Alternative forms
[edit]- неве́м (nevém) — Western dialects
References
[edit]- “невям”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “невям”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “невем”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 585
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “невям”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 593