грозя

See also: гроза

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *groziti, а causative-iterative verb of obsolescent гроза́ (grozá, menace). The literary meaning is borrowed from Russian грози́ть (grozítʹ, to threaten).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡroˈzʲɤ̟]
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Verb

грозя́ • (grozjá) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (transitive) to disfigure, to deform, to uglify
  2. (transitive, literary) to threaten
    1. to daunt, to menace (to represent a threat to something or somebody)
    2. to be in danger, under threat [with dative object]
      някого го грози нещо заплашителноnjakogo go grozi nešto zaplašitelnos.o. is in grave danger
  3. (transitive, dialectal) to despise, to abhor

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • вгрозя pf (vgrozja), вгрозявам impf (vgrozjavam)
  • гро́зен (grózen, ugly)
    • грозне́я (groznéja, to be ugly) (stative verb)
  • загрозя pf (zagrozja), загрозявам impf (zagrozjavam)
  • нагрозя pf (nagrozja), нагрозявам impf (nagrozjavam)
  • огрозя pf (ogrozja), огрозявам impf (ogrozjavam)
  • погрозя pf (pogrozja), погрозявам impf (pogrozjavam)

References

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡrɐˈzʲa]

Participle

грозя́ • (grozjá)

  1. present adverbial imperfective participle of грози́ть (grozítʹ)