пазя

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *paziti.

Verb

па́зя • (pázja) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective па́звам)

1. (transitive) to guard, to protect

   Synonym: пастря (pastrja)

2. (transitive, dialectal) to watch over, to look after

   Synonym: наглеждам (nagleždam)

3. (transitive) to preserve, to keep

   пазя мълчание ― pazja mǎlčanie ― to keep silence

   пазя тайна ― pazja tajna ― to keep secret

4. (transitive) to maintain, to make

   пазя завет ― pazja zavet ― to cast a shadow (over)

5. (reflexive with се) to watch out, to pay attention (for potential threats)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• допа́зя (dopázja), допа́звам (dopázvam, “to provide protection”)
• запа́зя (zapázja), запа́звам (zapázvam, “to keep, to preserve”)
• изпа́зя (izpázja), изпа́звам (izpázvam, “to sneak, to lurk upon”)
• напа́зя (napázja), напа́звам (napázvam, “to watch over”) (dialectal)
• опа́зя (opázja), опа́звам (opázvam, “to preserve, to keep safe”)
• попа́зя (popázja), попа́звам (popázvam, “to keep an eye on for a while”)
• предпа́зя (predpázja), предпа́звам (predpázvam, “to protect”)
• спа́зя (spázja), спа́звам (spázvam, “to obey, to comply”)
• пазач (pazač, “guard”)
• пазител (pazitel, “protector”)

References

• “пазя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пазя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 11