обретя
Bulgarian
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Slavic *obrěsti.
Verb
обретя • (obretja) first-singular present indicative, pf (dated, obsolete)
- (transitive) to establish, to construe, to figure out
- (transitive) to encounter, to stumble upon
Conjugation
Conjugation of обре́тя (conjugation 2.1, perfective, transitive)
| participles | present active participle | past active aorist participle | past active imperfect participle | past passive participle | verbal noun | adverbial participle | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | indefinite | — | обре́тил obrétil |
обре́тел obrétel |
обре́тен obréten |
— | |
| definite subject form | — | обре́тилият obrétilijat |
— | обре́теният obrétenijat | |||
| definite object form | — | обре́тилия obrétilija |
— | обре́тения obrétenija | |||
| feminine | indefinite | — | обре́тила obrétila |
обре́тела obrétela |
обре́тена obrétena | ||
| definite | — | обре́тилата obrétilata |
— | обре́тената obrétenata | |||
| neuter | indefinite | — | обре́тило obrétilo |
обре́тело obrételo |
обре́тено obréteno |
— | |
| definite | — | обре́тилото obrétiloto |
— | обре́теното obrétenoto |
— | ||
| plural | indefinite | — | обре́тили obrétili |
обре́тели obrételi |
обре́тени obréteni |
— | |
| definite | — | обре́тилите obrétilite |
— | обре́тените obrétenite |
— | ||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | аз | ти | той/тя/то | ние | вие | те | |
| present | обре́тя obrétja |
обре́тиш obrétiš |
обре́ти obréti |
обре́тим obrétim |
обре́тите obrétite |
обре́тят obrétjat | |
| imperfect | обре́тех obréteh |
обре́теше obréteše |
обре́теше obréteše |
обре́техме obrétehme |
обре́техте obrétehte |
обре́теха obréteha | |
| aorist | обре́тих obrétih |
обре́ти obréti |
обре́ти obréti |
обре́тихме obrétihme |
обре́тихте obrétihte |
обре́тиха obrétiha | |
| future | pos. | Use ще followed by the present indicative tense | |||||
| neg. | Use ня́ма да followed by the present indicative tense | ||||||
| future in the past | pos. | Use the imperfect indicative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense | |||||
| neg. | Use ня́маше да followed by the present indicative tense | ||||||
| present perfect | Use the present indicative tense of съм and обре́тил m, обре́тила f, обре́тило n, or обре́тили pl | ||||||
| past perfect | Use the imperfect indicative tense of съм and обре́тил m, обре́тила f, обре́тило n, or обре́тили pl | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future indicative tense of съм and обре́тил m, обре́тила f, обре́тило n, or обре́тили pl | ||||||
| future perfect in the past | Use the future in the past indicative tense of съм and обре́тил m, обре́тила f, обре́тило n, or обре́тили pl | ||||||
| renarrative | аз | ти | той/тя/то | ние | вие | те | |
| present and imperfect | Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and обре́тел m, обре́тела f, обре́тело n, or обре́тели pl | ||||||
| aorist | Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and обре́тил m, обре́тила f, обре́тило n, or обре́тили pl | ||||||
| future and future in the past | pos. | Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense | |||||
| neg. | Use ня́мало да and the present indicative tense | ||||||
| present and past perfect | Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and обре́тил m, обре́тила f, обре́тило n, or обре́тили pl | ||||||
| future perfect and future perfect in the past | Use the future/future in the past renarrative tense of съм and обре́тил m, обре́тила f, обре́тило n, or обре́тили pl | ||||||
| dubitative | аз | ти | той/тя/то | ние | вие | те | |
| present and imperfect | Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and обре́тел m, обре́тела f, обре́тело n, or обре́тели pl | ||||||
| aorist | Use the aorist renarrative tense of съм and обре́тил m, обре́тила f, обре́тило n, or обре́тили pl | ||||||
| future and future in the past | pos. | Use the present/imperfect dubitative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense | |||||
| neg. | Use ня́мало било́ да and the present indicative tense | ||||||
| present and past perfect | none
| ||||||
| future perfect and future perfect in the past | Use the future/future in the past dubitative tense of съм and обре́тил m, обре́тила f, обре́тило n, or обре́тили pl | ||||||
| conclusive | аз | ти | той/тя/то | ние | вие | те | |
| present and imperfect | Use the present indicative tense of съм and обре́тел m, обре́тела f, обре́тело n, or обре́тели pl | ||||||
| aorist | Use the present indicative tense of съм and обре́тил m, обре́тила f, обре́тило n, or обре́тили pl | ||||||
| future and future in the past | pos. | Use the present/imperfect conclusive tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense | |||||
| neg. | Use ня́мало е да and the present indicative tense | ||||||
| present and past perfect | Use the present/imperfect conclusive tense of съм and обре́тил m, обре́тила f, обре́тило n, or обре́тили pl | ||||||
| future perfect and future perfect in the past | Use the future/future in the past conclusive tense of съм and обре́тил m, обре́тила f, обре́тило n, or обре́тили pl | ||||||
| conditional | аз | ти | той/тя/то | ние | вие | те | |
| Use the first aorist indicative tense of бъ́да and обре́тил m, обре́тила f, обре́тило n, or обре́тили pl | |||||||
| imperative | - | ти | - | - | вие | - | |
| обрети́ obretí |
обрете́те obretéte |
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Alternative forms
- *обре́щя (*obréštja) (formally expected)
- ⇒ обре́шна pf (obréšna), обре́швам impf (obréšvam) (dialectal)
Derived terms
verbs
- изобретя pf (izobretja), изобретявам impf (izobretjavam)
personal names
- Обре́тен m (Obréten)
- Обре́тина f (Obrétina)
- Обря́тко (Obrjátko)
References
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “обрешвам, обрешнувам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 755
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “обрѣ́тениѥ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 311
- “обрѣсти”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɐbrʲɪˈtʲa]
Participle
обретя́ • (obretjá)
- past adverbial perfective participle of обрести́ (obrestí)