мърля

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mьrliti (“to besmirch, to soil”), distantly akin to English smear. Some dictionaries distinguish the meaning “to besmirch” from “to fertilize”.

• IPA^(key):

мъ́рля • (mǎ́rlja) first-singular present indicative, impf (dialectal)

1. (transitive, obsolescent) to stroke, to prod, to besmirch
   1. to accidentally hit / injure a part of one's body (finger, toe, head, elbow)
   2. to make messy, to tarnish, to put into disarray
   3. (colloquial) to make blunt, blurry or dull
2. (transitive) to impregnate, to fertilize (for livestock and animals in general)
3. (reflexive with се) to be in rut (of female livestock)

• мъ́рлям (mǎ́rljam) — ja-conjugation

• мърл (mǎrl, “exhausted”) (obsolete)
  • мърлу́ха (mǎrlúha, “wretch”)
  • мърли́в (mǎrlív, “tardy, sluggish”) (dialectal)

• “мърля”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “мърля”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “мрь́лѭ, -ишь; -ли́лъ”, 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 87
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мърля, мърлям”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 414