бедя

From Proto-Slavic *běditi, morphologically a causative verb from беда́ (bedá, “trouble”) +‎ -я (-ja). Possibly reflecting two separate homophonic verbs.

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бедя́ • (bedjá) first-singular present indicative, impf

1. (transitive, dated) to compel, to force

   Synonyms: наси́лвам (nasílvam), принужда́вам (prinuždávam)

2. (transitive, dialectal) to persuade, to talk into

   Synonyms: приду́мвам (pridúmvam), увеща́вам (uveštávam), склоня́вам (sklonjávam)

3. (transitive, dialectal) to coax, to badmouth, to slander, to convict

   Synonyms: оду́мвам (odúmvam), клеветя́ (klevetjá), хуля́ (huljá)

• беде́ние (bedénie, “conviction”) (obsolescent)
• бедя́вам (bedjávam, “to slander”) (iterative)
• набедя́ pf (nabedjá), набежда́вам impf (nabeždávam, “to accuse”)
• победя́ pf (pobedjá), побежда́вам impf (pobeždávam, “to defeat”)
• убедя́ pf (ubedjá), убежда́вам impf (ubeždávam, “to convince, to persuade”)

• беда́ (bedá, “trouble, misfortune”)
• бе́ден (béden, “poor, unfortunate”)

• “бедя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “бедя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1895) “бѣдѭ́”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 95
• бѣдити in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"