мая

• IPA^(key):

мая́ • (majá)

1. nominative feminine singular of мой (moj)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *majati.

Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary distinguish the meaning “to delay, to dally” (under мая¹) from “to mesmerise, to wonder” (under мая²).

• IPA^(key):

ма́я • (mája) first-singular present indicative, impf

1. (transitive, intransitive, primary meaning) to waver, to sway
   1. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) to beacon, to signal
   2. (transitive, colloquial) to divert someone's attention, to distract
   3. (transitive, colloquial) to delay, to detain somebody from doing something
   4. (reflexive with се, obsolete) to roam back and forth
   5. (reflexive with се) to dawdle, to loiter, to dally
2. (transitive, secondary meaning) to mesmerise, to amaze
   1. (transitive, dialectal) to charm, to enchant
   2. (transitive, dialectal) to stun, to surprise
   3. (reflexive with се) to wonder, to dither, to ponder

      чу́дя и се ма́я (phraseologism) ― čúdja i se mája ― to be contemplating

Only the passive мая се (maja se) is widely used within the standard language. The (ambi)transitive meanings are mostly colloquial or dialectal.

• ма́ям (májam) — with generalized a-conjugation

• майо́сам (majósam) майо́тя (majótja), маю́вам (majúvam) (dialectal)
• замая pf (zamaja), замайвам impf (zamajvam)
  • главозама́я pf (glavozamája), главозама́йвам impf (glavozamájvam, “to blow one's mind”) (figurative)
• измая се pf (izmaja se), измайвам се impf (izmajvam se, “to dawdle”) (dialectal)
• намая се pf (namaja se), намайвам се impf (namajvam se)
• омая pf (omaja), омайвам impf (omajvam)
• помая pf (pomaja), помайвам impf (pomajvam)
• премая pf (premaja), премайвам impf (premajvam, “to lure”) (dialectal)
• размая се pf (razmaja se), размайвам се impf (razmajvam se, “to moon about”) (dialectal)
• смая pf (smaja), смайвам impf (smajvam, “to astound”)
• ма́еж (máež) (action noun)
• мая́к (maják, “beacon”) (Russian loanword)
• маи́ло (maílo), маи́лка (maílka, “dilly-dally, indolent behaviour”) (dialectal)

• ма́мя (mámja, “to deceive, to swindle”)
• ма́хам (máham, “to waver, to remove”)

• “ма̀я, ма̀я се (гл.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “ма̀я (гл.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “ма́ѭ, -ешь; ма́ꙗлъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 56
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мая¹, мая²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 701

• IPA^(key):

ма́я • (mája) m inan

1. genitive singular of май (maj)

ма́я • (mája)

1. present adverbial imperfective participle of ма́ять (májatʹ)