пея

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic пѣти (pěti), from Proto-Slavic *pěti. The original conjugation was root-thematic as in Old Church Slavonic поѭ (pojǫ) (1p. sg. pres.), which was later substituted with -eja (and dialectally -еvаm) conjugations.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛjɐ]

Verb

пе́я • (péja) first-singular present indicative, impf

1. (transitive, intransitive) to sing, to chant

   пея песен (transitive) ― peja pesen ― to sing a song

   пея докато вземам душ (intransitive) ― peja dokato vzemam duš ― to sing while taking a shower

2. (figurative) to articulate, to recite, to verse eloquently

Conjugation

    Conjugation of пе́я (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	пе́ещ péešt	пял pjal	пе́ел péel	пят pjat		пе́ейки péejki
	definite subject form	пе́ещият péeštijat	пе́лият pélijat	—	пе́тият pétijat
	definite object form	пе́ещия péeštija	пе́лия pélija	—	пе́тия pétija
feminine	indefinite	пе́еща péešta	пя́ла pjála	пе́ела péela	пя́та pjáta
	definite	пе́ещата péeštata	пя́лата pjálata	—	пя́тата pjátata
neuter	indefinite	пе́ещо péešto	пя́ло pjálo	пе́ело péelo	пя́то pjáto	пе́ене péene
	definite	пе́ещото péeštoto	пя́лото pjáloto	—	пя́тото pjátoto	пе́енето péeneto
plural	indefinite	пе́ещи péešti	пе́ли péli	пе́ели péeli	пе́ти péti	пе́ения, пе́енета péenija, péeneta
	definite	пе́ещите péeštite	пе́лите pélite	—	пе́тите pétite	пе́енията, пе́енетата péenijata, péenetata

person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present		пе́я péja	пе́еш péeš	пе́е pée	пе́ем péem	пе́ете péete	пе́ят péjat
imperfect		пе́ех péeh	пе́еше péeše	пе́еше péeše	пе́ехме péehme	пе́ехте péehte	пе́еха péeha
aorist		пях pjah	пя pja	пя pja	пя́хме pjáhme	пя́хте pjáhte	пя́ха pjáha
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 пял m, пя́ла f, пя́ло n, or пе́ли pl
past perfect		Use the imperfect indicative tense of съм and пял m, пя́ла f, пя́ло n, or пе́ли pl
future perfect		Use the future indicative tense of съм and пял m, пя́ла f, пя́ло n, or пе́ли pl
future perfect in the past		Use the future in the past indicative tense of съм and пял m, пя́ла f, пя́ло n, or пе́ли 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 пе́ел m, пе́ела f, пе́ело n, or пе́ели pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and пял m, пя́ла f, пя́ло n, or пе́ли 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 пял m, пя́ла f, пя́ло n, or пе́ли pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past renarrative tense of съм and пял m, пя́ла f, пя́ло n, or пе́ли pl
dubitative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and пе́ел m, пе́ела f, пе́ело n, or пе́ели pl
aorist		Use the aorist renarrative tense of съм and пял m, пя́ла f, пя́ло n, or пе́ли 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 пял m, пя́ла f, пя́ло n, or пе́ли pl
conclusive		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and пе́ел m, пе́ела f, пе́ело n, or пе́ели pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм and пял m, пя́ла f, пя́ло n, or пе́ли 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 пял m, пя́ла f, пя́ло n, or пе́ли pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past conclusive tense of съм and пял m, пя́ла f, пя́ло n, or пе́ли pl
conditional		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
		Use the first aorist indicative tense of бъ́да and пял m, пя́ла f, пя́ло n, or пе́ли pl
imperative		-	ти	-	-	вие	-
			пей pej			пе́йте péjte

Alternative forms

• по́я (pója) — root-thematic conjugation, obsolete
• пе́вам (pévam) — va-conjugation, dialectal
• пе́ва (péva) — ve-conjugation, dialectal
• пе́ям (péjam) — ja-conjugation, colloquial

Derived terms

• пейвам (pejvam) (semelfactive, rare)

• възпея pf (vǎzpeja), възпявам impf (vǎzpjavam)
• допея pf (dopeja), допявам impf (dopjavam)
• запея pf (zapeja), запявам impf (zapjavam)
• изпея pf (izpeja), изпявам impf (izpjavam)
• напея се pf (napeja se), напявам се impf (napjavam se)
• надпея се pf (nadpeja se), надпявам се impf (nadpjavam se, “to compete in singing”)
• опея pf (opeja), опявам impf (opjavam)
• попея pf (popeja), попявам impf (popjavam)
• припея pf (pripeja), припявам impf (pripjavam)
• пропея pf (propeja), пропявам impf (propjavam)
• разпея се pf (razpeja se), разпявам се impf (razpjavam se)
• пея́ч m (pejáč), пея́чка f (pejáčka) (agent nouns, dialectal)
• певе́ц m (pevéc), певи́ца f (pevíca) (agent nouns, standard)
• пева́ч m (peváč), пева́чка f (peváčka) (agent nouns, dialectal)
• пете́л (petél, “rooster”)
• пейво́ (pejvó, “melody”) (dialectal)
• пев (pev), пя́вка (pjávka, “chant”) (obsolescent/dialectal)
  • запе́в (zapév, “intro of a song”)
  • напе́в (napév, “tune”)
  • при́пев (prípev), припя́вка (pripjávka, “verse of a song”)
  • разпе́в (razpév), разпя́вка (razpjávka, “repetition of a song”)
• пея́н (peján, “mellifluous, eloquent”) (dialectal)

Related terms

• пе́сен (pésen), пе́сна (pésna, “song”)
• пой (poj) (action noun, dialectal)
• пищя́ (pištjá), пи́скам (pískam, “to shriek”)

References

• “пея”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “пея”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1901) “пѣ́ѭ, -ешь; пѣлъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 410
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пeя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 224
• “пѣти”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024