нищя

Inchoative counterpart of akin ни́тя (nítja) (from Proto-Slavic *nititi (“to thread”)).

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ни́щя • (níštja) first-singular present indicative, impf

1. (transitive, intransitive) to process or unprocess thread

   Synonyms: дя́на (djána), мъ́кна (mǎ́kna), (dialectal) со́вам (sóvam)

   ни́щя низ (transitive) ― níštja niz ― to tread line of strand

   ни́щя цял час (intransitive) ― níštja cjal čas ― to perform threading for a whole hour

2. (transitive) to comb or unstitch (filaments)

   Synonym: че́пкам (čépkam)

3. (figurative, transitive) to analyze, to go over (problem, quandary)

   Synonym: анализи́рам (analizíram)

4. (reflexive with се) to get unstitched (of fabric)

• вни́щя pf (vníštja), вни́щвам impf (vníštvam, “to get into”) (dialectal, figurative)
• изни́щя pf (izníštja), изни́щвам impf (izníštvam)
• нани́щя pf (naníštja), нани́щвам impf (naníštvam)
• разни́щя pf (razníštja), разни́щвам impf (razníštvam)
• ни́щелка (níštelka, “part of loom, which controls the thread”)

• ни́жа (níža, “to string”)
• ни́ча (níča) (dialectal), ни́кна (níkna, “to germinate, to sprout”)
• ни́шка (níška, “thread”)

• “нищя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “нищя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “нищя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 668
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “ни́щѭ, -ишь; -щи́лъ”, 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 277

Standardized form of dialectal нищим (ništim) (Western dialects), ни́щам (níštam) (Rupian dialects), causative from нищ (ništ, “deprived, destitute”) or ни́що (níšto, “nothing”).

ни́щя • (níštja) first-singular present indicative, impf

1. (transitive, dialectal) to obliterate, to wreck, to destroy

• ни́щим (níštim), ни́щам (níštam) — dialectal, with athematic endings

• унищожа́ pf (uništožá), унищожа́вам (uništožávam, “to extinguish, to annihilate”)
• нищу́вам (ništúvam), нищенству́вам (ništenstvúvam, “to live in poverty”) (dated)
• нищета́ (ništetá, “destitution, poverty”)

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “нищим (диал.)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 667