лющя

Bulgarian

Etymology

Causative-iterative from nowadays obsolete/dialectal лю́ска (ljúska, scale, husk) +‎ (-ja) (< Proto-Slavic *ľuska).

Expressive semantics (listed by some dictionary as a separate etymon) is from related interjection люс (ljus, whoosh).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlʲu̟ʃtʲɐ]

Verb

лю́щя • (ljúštja) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (transitive) to husk, to scale, to hull (to remove husks, scales, hulls)
  2. (by extension) to exfoliate, to peel
  3. (expressive) to smack, to clap, to pound
    ня́кому лю́щя шама́рnjákomu ljúštja šamárto thwack a slap on somebody
  4. (reflexive with се) to shed, to slough (of skin, scales, coverring, paint, plaster)

Conjugation

Alternative forms

  • лу́щя (lúštja)

Derived terms

  • долю́щя pf (doljúštja), долю́щвам impf (doljúštvam)
  • залю́щя pf (zaljúštja), залю́щвам impf (zaljúštvam)
  • излю́щя pf (izljúštja), излю́щвам impf (izljúštvam)
  • лющни́к (ljuštník, spank, slap) (dialectal)
  • олю́щя pf (oljúštja), олю́щвам impf (oljúštvam)
  • отлю́щя pf (otljúštja), отлю́щвам impf (otljúštvam)
  • полю́щя pf (poljúštja), полю́щвам impf (poljúštvam)
  • лю́скам (ljúskam), лю́свам (ljúsvam), лю́сна (ljúsna) (inchoative)
  • лю́хам (ljúham), лю́хвам (ljúhvam), лю́хна (ljúhna, to smack, to slam) (colloquial, dialectal)
  • лю́згам (ljúzgam, to hit hard) (colloquial)
  • лю́спя (ljúspja, to scale)

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