сея

See also: сеа

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɛjɐ]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic сѣти (sěti, to sow), from Proto-Slavic *sěti (to sow).

Verb

се́я • (séja) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective се́йна)

  1. (ambitransitive) to sow, to plant
    сея разсад (transitive)seja razsadto sow seedlings
    ще сея следобед (intransitive)šte seja sledobedto do sowing in the afternoon
  2. (figuratively) to spread, to disseminate
Conjugation

Non-standard:

Derived terms
  • ся́вам (sjávam) (semelfactive, dialectal)
  • всея pf (vseja), всявам impf (vsjavam), всейвам impf (vsejvam, to implant)
  • досея pf (doseja), досявам impf (dosjavam)
  • засея pf (zaseja), засявам impf (zasjavam), засейвам impf (zasejvam)
  • насея pf (naseja), насявам impf (nasjavam)
  • посея pf (poseja), посявам impf (posjavam)
  • пресея pf (preseja), пресявам impf (presjavam, to sow again)
  • разсея pf (razseja), разсявам impf (razsjavam, to disperse)
    • разсея се pf (razseja se), разсявам се impf (razsjavam se, to get distacted) (figurative)
  • сев (sev) (in compounds)
    • засев (zasev), засявка (zasjavka) (dialectal)
    • посев (posev), посявка (posjavka)
  • сеи́тба (seítba), ся́йба (sjájba) (action nouns)
  • се́ме (séme, seed)
  • сея́лка (sejálka) (instrumental noun)
  • сея́тел m (sejátel), сея́телка f (sejátelka) (obsolete, agent nouns)
  • сея́ч m (sejáč), сея́чка f (sejáčka) (agent nouns, standard)

References

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic сѣти (sěti, to sieve), from Proto-Slavic *sěti (to sieve).

Despite formally distinct, this sense is listed as an alternative meaning of Etymology 1 within Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary and in Gerov's dictionary.

Verb

се́я • (séja) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (transitive) to sieve, to sift (to run through some type of riddle)
    сея брашно (transitive)seja brašnoto sift flour
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • отсея pf (otseja), отсявам impf (otsjavam, to sift out)
  • пресея pf (preseja), пресявам impf (presjavam, to screen, to bolt)
  • просея pf (proseja), просявам impf (prosjavam, to sift through) (dialectal)

References

  • сея²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • сея”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Etymology 3

Related to Proto-Slavic *sijati (to shine). Compare Serbo-Croatian сије́вати (to flash).

Verb

се́я • (séja) first-singular present indicativeimpf (rare, dialectal)

  1. alternative form of сия́я (sijája, to radiate, to illuminate)
Usage notes

In most dictionaries, just listed as a particular sense of Etymology 1.

Conjugation
Derived terms
  • засея pf (zaseja), засейвам impf (zasejvam, to get shiny, bright)
  • осея pf (oseja), осейвам impf (osejvam, to fill with light)
  • обсея pf (obseja), обсявам impf (obsjavam, to light up) (dialectal)

Further reading

Etymology 4

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *siti / *sějati (to suckle), related to dialectal Polish soić.

Verb

се́я • (séja) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective са́йна) (dialectal, Rupian dialects)

  1. (ambitransitive) to suckle (milk)
    Synonym: боза́я (bozája)
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • насея се (naseja se) (dialectal)
  • просея (proseja), просевам (prosevam) (dialectal)

References

  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “сея²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 631
  • Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1908) “сѣ́я, -еш”, in Допълнение на българския рѣчникъ [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎[3] (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Plovdiv: Печатница "Трудъ" на Петко Бѣловѣждовъ, page 290

Erzya

Etymology

Cognate with Moksha сява (säva, she-goat).

Pronunciation

Noun

сея • (seja)

  1. goat (especially she-goat)

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “сея”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN

Russian

Pronunciation

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

Participle

се́я • (séja)

  1. present adverbial imperfective participle of се́ять (séjatʹ)