моля

See also: мола

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *modliti (“to pray”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Verb

мо́ля • (mólja) first-singular present indicative, impf

(transitive) to ask, to request (someone)
(dialectal, intransitive) to negotiate, to confer
(reflexive with се) to ask, to make a request
(reflexive with се) to beg, to implore
(reflexive with се) to pray

Conjugation

Conjugation of мо́ля (conjugation 2.1, imperfective, transitive)

participles		present active participle	past active aorist participle	past active imperfect participle	past passive participle	verbal noun	adverbial participle
masculine	indefinite	мо́лещ mólešt	мо́лил, моли́л¹ mólil, molíl¹	мо́лел mólel	мо́лен mólen		мо́лейки mólejki
	definite subject form	мо́лещият móleštijat	мо́лилият, моли́лият¹ mólilijat, molílijat¹	—	мо́леният mólenijat
	definite object form	мо́лещия móleštija	мо́лилия, моли́лия¹ mólilija, molílija¹	—	мо́ления mólenija
feminine	indefinite	мо́леща mólešta	мо́лила, моли́ла¹ mólila, molíla¹	мо́лела mólela	мо́лена mólena
feminine	definite	мо́лещата móleštata	мо́лилата, моли́лата¹ mólilata, molílata¹	—	мо́лената mólenata
neuter	indefinite	мо́лещо mólešto	мо́лило, моли́ло¹ mólilo, molílo¹	мо́лело mólelo	мо́лено móleno	мо́лене mólene
neuter	definite	мо́лещото móleštoto	мо́лилото, моли́лото¹ móliloto, molíloto¹	—	мо́леното mólenoto	мо́ленето móleneto
plural	indefinite	мо́лещи mólešti	мо́лили, моли́ли¹ mólili, molíli¹	мо́лели móleli	мо́лени móleni	мо́ления, мо́ленета mólenija, móleneta
plural	definite	мо́лещите móleštite	мо́лилите, моли́лите¹ mólilite, molílite¹	—	мо́лените mólenite	мо́ленията, мо́ленетата mólenijata, mólenetata

person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present		мо́ля mólja	мо́лиш móliš	мо́ли móli	мо́лим mólim	мо́лите mólite	мо́лят móljat
imperfect		мо́лех móleh	мо́леше móleše	мо́леше móleše	мо́лехме mólehme	мо́лехте mólehte	мо́леха móleha
aorist		мо́лих, моли́х¹ mólih, molíh¹	мо́ли, моли́¹ móli, molí¹	мо́ли, моли́¹ móli, molí¹	мо́лихме, моли́хме¹ mólihme, molíhme¹	мо́лихте, моли́хте¹ mólihte, molíhte¹	мо́лиха, моли́ха¹ móliha, molíha¹
future	pos.	Use ще followed by the present indicative tense
future	neg.	Use ня́ма да followed by the present indicative tense
future in the past	pos.	Use the imperfect indicative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
future in the past	neg.	Use ня́маше да followed by the present indicative tense
present perfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and мо́лил/моли́л¹ m, мо́лила/моли́ла¹ f, мо́лило/моли́ло¹ n, or мо́лили/моли́ли¹ pl
past perfect		Use the imperfect indicative tense of съм and мо́лил/моли́л¹ m, мо́лила/моли́ла¹ f, мо́лило/моли́ло¹ n, or мо́лили/моли́ли¹ pl
future perfect		Use the future indicative tense of съм and мо́лил/моли́л¹ m, мо́лила/моли́ла¹ f, мо́лило/моли́ло¹ n, or мо́лили/моли́ли¹ pl
future perfect in the past		Use the future in the past indicative tense of съм and мо́лил/моли́л¹ m, мо́лила/моли́ла¹ f, мо́лило/моли́ло¹ n, or мо́лили/моли́ли¹ pl
renarrative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and мо́лел m, мо́лела f, мо́лело n, or мо́лели pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and мо́лил/моли́л¹ m, мо́лила/моли́ла¹ f, мо́лило/моли́ло¹ n, or мо́лили/моли́ли¹ pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
future and future in the past	neg.	Use ня́мало да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and мо́лил/моли́л¹ m, мо́лила/моли́ла¹ f, мо́лило/моли́ло¹ n, or мо́лили/моли́ли¹ pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past renarrative tense of съм and мо́лил/моли́л¹ m, мо́лила/моли́ла¹ f, мо́лило/моли́ло¹ n, or мо́лили/моли́ли¹ pl
dubitative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and мо́лел m, мо́лела f, мо́лело n, or мо́лели pl
aorist		Use the aorist renarrative tense of съм and мо́лил/моли́л¹ m, мо́лила/моли́ла¹ f, мо́лило/моли́ло¹ n, or мо́лили/моли́ли¹ pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect dubitative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
future and future in the past	neg.	Use ня́мало било́ да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		none
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past dubitative tense of съм and мо́лил/моли́л¹ m, мо́лила/моли́ла¹ f, мо́лило/моли́ло¹ n, or мо́лили/моли́ли¹ pl
conclusive		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and мо́лел m, мо́лела f, мо́лело n, or мо́лели pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм and мо́лил/моли́л¹ m, мо́лила/моли́ла¹ f, мо́лило/моли́ло¹ n, or мо́лили/моли́ли¹ pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect conclusive tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
future and future in the past	neg.	Use ня́мало е да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		Use the present/imperfect conclusive tense of съм and мо́лил/моли́л¹ m, мо́лила/моли́ла¹ f, мо́лило/моли́ло¹ n, or мо́лили/моли́ли¹ pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past conclusive tense of съм and мо́лил/моли́л¹ m, мо́лила/моли́ла¹ f, мо́лило/моли́ло¹ n, or мо́лили/моли́ли¹ pl
conditional		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
conditional		Use the first aorist indicative tense of бъ́да and мо́лил/моли́л¹ m, мо́лила/моли́ла¹ f, мо́лило/моли́ло¹ n, or мо́лили/моли́ли¹ pl
imperative		-	ти	-	-	вие	-
imperative			моли́ molí			моле́те moléte

¹Dialectally marked.

Derived terms

verbs

замоля pf (zamolja), замолвам impf (zamolvam)
измоля pf (izmolja), измолвам impf (izmolvam)
омоля pf (omolja), омолвам impf (omolvam)
помоля pf (pomolja), помолвам impf (pomolvam)
примоля се pf (primolja se), примолвам се impf (primolvam se)
размоля се pf (razmolja se), размолвам се impf (razmolvam se)

verbs

умоля pf (umolja), умолявам impf (umoljavam)

nouns

(agent noun) богомо́лка (bogomólka, “mantis”)
(abstract noun) мо́ля (mólja) (dialectal)
(action noun) молба́ (molbá)
(action noun) моли́тва (molítva)
(agent noun) моля́ч m (moljáč)
(agent noun) моля́чка f (moljáčka)

Interjection

мо́ля • (mólja)

References

“моля”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
“моля”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Nayden Gerov (1899) “мо́лѭ, -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 78
Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “моля¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 221
“молити”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

Etymology 2

Derived from Proto-Slavic *modla, reshaped to resemble ja-stems во́ля (vólja, “will”), dial. до́ля (dólja, “lot, fate”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

мо́ля • (mólja) f (obsolete)

(abstract) appeal, request (for friendship, marriage, union)

Conjugation

Declension of мо́ля

	singular	plural
indefinite	мо́ля mólja	мо́ли¹ móli¹
definite	мо́лята móljata	мо́лите¹ mólite¹

¹Rare.

References

Nayden Gerov (1899) “мо́лꙗ”, 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 79
Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “моля²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 223

Anagrams

ломя (lomja)

Russian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Participle

моля́ • (moljá)

present adverbial imperfective participle of моли́ть (molítʹ)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

мо́ля • (mólja) m inan

genitive singular of моль (molʹ)

моля

Bulgarian

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Noun

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