мешам

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *měšati. By surface analysis, ме́ся (mésja) +‎ -ям (-jam).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛʃɐm]

Verb

ме́шам • (méšam) first-singular present indicativeimpf (dialectal)

  1. (transitive) to blend, to stir
    1. to shuffle, to jumble up
    2. to distort, to misshapen
    3. (slang) to mix different substances (alcohol, opiates, drugs)
      не мешам вино и ракияne mešam vino i rakijanot to mix wine and rakija
  2. (reflexive with се) to meddle in someone's business
  3. (reflexive with се, figurative) to interact, to get acquainted with somebody
  4. (reflexive with си) to interchange one's belongings

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • замешам (zamešam)
  • намешам (namešam)
  • омешам (omešam)
  • помешам (pomešam)
  • размешам (razmešam)
  • смешам (smešam)
    • посмешам (posmešam, to substitute, to replace) (dialectal, Torlak)

References

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