зобам

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zobati (a-conj). By surface analysis, зоб (zob, fodder, nutrient) +‎ -ам (-am).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzɔbɐm]
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

зо́бам • (zóbam) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective зо́бна)

  1. (intransitive) to consume, to guzzle up (for animals)
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to eat like an animal (for people)
  3. (transitive) to champ, take in [fodder, grains]
  4. (reflexive with се, figurative) to take drugs

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • зазобам pf (zazobam), зазобвам impf (zazobvam)
  • зо́бвам (zóbvam), зо́бкам (zóbkam) (semelfactive)
  • зо́бя (zóbja) (causative-iterative)
  • иззобам pf (izzobam), иззобвам impf (izzobvam)
  • назобам pf (nazobam), назобвам impf (nazobvam, to feed)
  • озобам pf (ozobam), озобвам impf (ozobvam)
  • позобам pf (pozobam), позобвам impf (pozobvam)
  • презобам pf (prezobam), презобвам impf (prezobvam) (dialectal)
  • съзобам pf (sǎzobam), съзобвам impf (sǎzobvam) (dialectal)

References

  • зобам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • зобам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zɐˈbam]

Noun

зоба́м • (zobámm inan pl

  1. dative plural of зоб (zob)