диря

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *diřa (given as *dyřa in Gerov's dictionary).

• IPA^(key):

ди́ря • (dírja) f (diminutive ди́рка)

1. crack, notch (remnant or result of tearing)
2. trace, trail

   хващам/ловя дирята някому ― hvaštam/lovja dirjata njakomu ― to catch/hunt for one's trail

3. mark, scar, vestige

   Куче влачи, диря няма. (idiom)

   Kuče vlači, dirja njama.

   to avoid responsibilities

   (literally, “One drags a dog, there is no trail.”)

• ди́ра (díra) — a-stem

• “диря (същ.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “диря (1)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1895) “дꙑ́рꙗ”, 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 386
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “диря (същ.)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 396
• “дира”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *diriti. At least partially a causative-iterative of Etymology 1. Stang (followed by Derksen) tentatively considered a possible descend from a r-extension of Proto-Indo-European *deyH- (“to emit, to transcend?”), cognate with Lithuanian dyrė́ti (“to look out, to stare”), Latvian dairîties (“to stare, to gaze at”).

• IPA^(key):

ди́ря • (dírja) first-singular present indicative, impf

1. (transitive) to look for, to seek, to explore
2. (ditransitive, figurative, usually with negative connotation) (+ dative pronoun) to ask for, to dare, to call out

   диря си боя / белята (idiomatic)

   dirja si boja / beljata

   to ask for spanking / trouble

3. (transitive) to follow a trace, to trail

• “диря (гл.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “диря (2)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1895) “дꙑ́рѭ, -ишь; -ри́лъ”, 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 386
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “диря (гл.)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 396