водя

See also: вода

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *voditi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɔdʲɐ]
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Verb

во́дя • (vódja) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective во́ждам)

  1. (transitive) to conduct, to direct
  2. (transitive) to make/cause something to go/follow along
  3. (intransitive) to lead
    той води в надпреварата
    toj vodi v nadprevarata
    he leads in the competition
  4. (transitive) to lead, to guide
    овчарят води стадото към
    ovčarjat vodi stadoto kǎm
    the shepherd guides the herd towards
  5. (reflexive with се) to follow, to imitate [with по (po)]
    водя се по него
    vodja se po nego
    I follow him (his conduct/his example)
    водя се по това правило
    vodja se po tova pravilo
    I follow this rule

Conjugation

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • водач (vodač, guide)
  • водец (vodec, conductor)
    • хороводец (horovodec, conductor of a dance)
  • водило (vodilo, sign for direction)
  • водител m (voditel), водителка f (voditelka, leader)
    • водителски (voditelski, of the leader)
    • водителство (voditelstvo, leadership)
  • водич (vodič, alpha, one who leads the herd) (colloquial)
  • водник (vodnik, conductor)
  • водство (vodstvo, conduction, guidance)
    • хороводство (horovodstvo, conduction of a dance)
  • водяк (vodjak, lead, conduction)
  • дово́дя (dovódja), дово́ждам (dovóždam, to bring up for consideration)
  • заво́дя (zavódja), заво́ждам (zavóždam, to get leading)
  • изво́дя (izvódja), изво́ждам (izvóždam, to conclude)
  • отво́дя (otvódja), отво́ждам (otvóždam, to divert away from)
  • пово́дя (povódja), пово́ждам (povóždam, to cause, to bring about)
  • предво́дя (predvódja), предво́ждам (predvóždam, to lead at the front)
  • приво́дя (privódja), приво́ждам (privóždam, to bring in)
  • прово́дя (provódja), прово́ждам (provóždam, to conduct)
    • изпрово́дя (izprovódja), изпрово́ждам (izprovóždam, to send away)
    • съпрово́дя (sǎprovódja), съпрово́ждам (sǎprovóždam, to accompany)
  • сво́дя (svódja), сво́ждам (svóždam, to exercise leadership)
  • уво́дя (uvódja), уво́ждам (uvóždam, to introduce)

References

  • водя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “водя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 170

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vɐˈdʲa]

Participle

водя́ • (vodjá)

  1. present adverbial imperfective participle of води́ть (vodítʹ)