брия

From Proto-Slavic *briti, nowadays obsolete. Superseded by synonymous Bulgarian бръ́сна (brǎ́sna).

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бри́я • (bríja) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective бри́вам) (dated)

1. (transitive) to shave, to trim (beard or fur)

   Synonyms: бръ́сна (brǎ́sna), (dialectal) бри́ча (bríča)

2. (reflexive with се) to have one's beard shaved (usually by oneself)

• добри́я pf (dobríja), добри́вам impf (dobrívam)
• забри́я pf (zabríja), забри́вам impf (zabrívam)
• избри́я pf (izbríja), избри́вам impf (izbrívam)
• бри́на (brína, “trimmed wool”) (dialectal)
• бри́тва (brítva, “old-style pocket knife, razor”) (historical)
• брич (brič, “blade, razor”)

• бри́дам (brídam, “to untangle, to untie”) (dialectal)
• бридя́ (bridjá, “to bite, to chill (for wind)”) (dialectal)
• бри́дък (brídǎk, “bitter, pungent”), бри́дост (brídost, “bitterness”) (obsolete)
• бро́й (brój, “count”)
  • броя́ (brojá, “to count”)

• “брия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “брия”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 79
• Nayden Gerov (1895) “бри́ѭ, -ешь; брилъ”, 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 71