катая

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *katati, with some meanings borrowed from Russian ката́ться (katátʹsja) (from the same origin).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɐˈtajɐ]
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Verb

ката́я • (katája) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective ка́тна) (obsolete)

  1. (transitive) to span, to wind, to unwrap
  2. (reflexive with се) to roll, to skid

Usage notes

The basal verb itself is mostly obsolete, but most of its derivatives are still commonly used in the contemporary language.

Conjugation

Derived terms

verbs
  • закатая pf (zakataja), закатавам impf (zakatavam)
  • покатая pf (pokataja), покатавам impf (pokatavam)
  • прекатая pf (prekataja), прекатавам impf (prekatavam)
  • разкатая pf (razkataja), разкатавам impf (razkatavam)
  • скатая pf (skataja), скатавам impf (skatavam)
nouns
  • като́к (katók) (Russian loanword)
  • ка́тур (kátur, turnaround) (dialectal)
    • кату́рям (katúrjam, overturn)
  • ка́тря се (kátrja se, to haul) (dialectal), кате́ря (katérja, to climb) (possibly)
  • кат (kat, span)
  • ко́тва (kótva, anchor)

References

  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “катая се”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 271
  • Стефан Илчев (1974): “катая” in Речник на редки, остарели и диалектни думи в литературата ни от XIX и XX век (in Bulgarian), page 196

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɐˈtajə]

Participle

ката́я • (katája)

  1. present adverbial imperfective participle of ката́ть (katátʹ)