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мърморя

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mъrmoriti, whence also Serbo-Croatian мрморити, of onomatopoeic origin. For similar onomatopoeiae, compare English murmur, Albanian mërmërit, Latin murmurō, Ancient Greek μορμύρω (mormúrō).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɐrˈmɔrʲɐ]
  • Audio (Standard Bulgarian):(file)
  • Hyphenation(key): мър‧мо‧ря

Verb

мърмо́ря • (mǎrmórja) first-singular present indicative, impf (intransitive)

  1. to murmur or mutter (usually) to oneself out of annoyance, displeasure, anger, etc.; to grumble
  2. to voice disapproval or displeasure in an annoying or intrusive way; to nag, to carp, to grouse
    Synonyms: ропта́я (roptája), негоду́вам (negodúvam)
  3. (with dative pronouns) to scold or patronize
    Synonym: мъ́мря (mǎ́mrja)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of мърмо́ря (conjugation 2.1, imperfective, intransitive)
More information participles, present active participle ...
More information person, singular ...

1Dialectally marked.

Derived terms

  • замърмо́ря (zamǎrmórja)
  • измърмо́ря (izmǎrmórja)
  • мърмора́на (mǎrmorána)
  • мърмо́рене (mǎrmórene)
  • мърмо́рко (mǎrmórko)
  • намърмо́ря се (namǎrmórja se)
  • омърмо́ря (omǎrmórja)
  • промърмо́ря (promǎrmórja)
  • мъ́рмя (mǎ́rmja, “to purr”) (dialectal)

References

  • “мърморя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “мърморя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мърморя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 416
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