сякам

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěkati (“to cut”). Cognate with Slovene sékati (“cut”).

• IPA^(key):

ся́кам • (sjákam) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective ся́кна) (dialectal)

1. (transitive) to chop up, to dissect
2. (transitive) to portion
3. (intransitive) to strike at a tinder (in order to sparkle a fire)

   ся́кам с кре́мък по огни́во

   sjákam s krémǎk po ognívo

   to strike with a flint at a tinder

• ся́квам (sjákvam, “to cut short, to cease”) (semelfactive)
• изсякам pf (izsjakam), изсяквам impf (izsjakvam)
• насякам pf (nasjakam), насяквам impf (nasjakvam)
• отсякам pf (otsjakam), отсяквам impf (otsjakvam)
• пресякам pf (presjakam), пресяквам impf (presjakvam)
• разсякам pf (razsjakam), разсяквам impf (razsjakvam)

• сека́ (seká, “to chop, to hew”)

• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “сякам¹, сякам²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 720

Unclear:

• Either derived from Etymology 1 via semantic shift “to cut, to dissect” → “to examine” → “to judge, to deem”.
• Or cognate with Lithuanian sèkti (“to observe”).

• IPA^(key):

ся́кам • (sjákam) first-singular present indicative, impf (obsolescent, dialectal)

1. (intransitive) to deem, to consider, to regard

   Synonyms: смя́там (smjátam), счи́там (sčítam), чи́ня (čínja)

The 2p. sg. ся́каш (sjákaš, “as if”) has been fossilized as an adverb.

• са́кам (sákam, “to want”) (dialectal)

• “сякам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “сякам³”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 721