сакам

Bulgarian

Etymology

Disputed:

• Mladenov: vṛddhi-derivation from Proto-Slavic *sočiti (“to accuse, to claim”) + -ам (-am). The original meaning with either “to claim” or “to follow, to pursue”.
• Mirčev: Related to dialectal Bulgarian ся́кам (sjákam, “to reckon, to estimate”).
• Mazon, Vaillant: Possibly grammaticalized from the reduced grade *jьskа- > *ska- of the archaic (ablauting) aorist of Bulgarian и́скам (ískam, “to seek”). Note that the contemporary language has generalized the e-grade throughout the whole paradigm.
• Jireček: Borrowed from Gothic 𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (sōkjan, “to seek”).

Cognate with Macedonian сака (saka).

Pronunciation

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Verb

са́кам • (sákam) first-singular present indicative, impf (dialectal)

1. (transitive) to want, to desire
2. (transitive) to require, to demand, to call for, to ask for
3. (reflexive with се) (+ personal pronoun in dat.) to wish, to yearn

   са́ка ми се ― sáka mi se ― would like

Conjugation

Synonyms

• и́скам (ískam), во́ля (vólja)

Derived terms

• засакам pf (zasakam), засаквам impf (zasakvam)
• изсакам pf (izsakam), изсаквам impf (izsakvam)
• посакам pf (posakam), посаквам impf (posakvam)
• пресакам pf (presakam), пресаквам impf (presakvam, “to cease wanting”)

Related terms

• со́ча (sóča, “to point, to indicate”)

References

• “сакам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “сакам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 427

Macedonian

Pronunciation

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Verb

сакам • (sakam)

1. first-person singular present of сака (saka)

Russian

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Noun

са́кам • (sákam) m inan pl or m anim pl

1. dative plural of сак (sak)