прося

See also: проса

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *prositi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈprɔsʲɐ]

Verb

про́ся • (prósja) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to beg, to beseech
  2. (transitive, obsolescent) to seek for, to ask for, to appeal
    прося мирprosja mirto sue for piece
    прося милостprosja milostto beg for mercy
    прося позволениеprosja pozvolenieto seek permission
    прося помощprosja pomoštto seek help
  3. (reflexive with си) to cause something onto oneself, to call for (usually in negative connotation)
    прося си бо́яprosja si bójato behave in a way that would cause oneself a punishment (literally, “to ask for spanking”)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • запрося pf (zaprosja), запросвам impf (zaprosvam)
  • изпрося pf (izprosja), изпросвам impf (izprosvam)
  • напрося pf (naprosja), напросвам impf (naprosvam, to beg from multiple parties) (dialectal)
  • попрося pf (poprosja), попросвам impf (poprosvam)
  • пропрося pf (proprosja), пропросвам impf (proprosvam)
  • проса́ч m (prosáč), проса́чка f (prosáčka) (agent nouns, colloquial/dialectal)
  • про́сба (prósba, request), про́ситба (prósitba, inquiry) (dated)
  • про́сник (prósnik, inquirer) (dialectal)
  • про́сяк (prósjak), про́шляк (próšljak, beggar) (agent nouns, standard)
  • проше́ние (prošénie, petition) (in formal speech)

References

Anagrams

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [prɐˈsʲa]

Participle

прося́ • (prosjá)

  1. present adverbial imperfective participle of проси́ть (prosítʹ)