сея

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Inherited from Old Church Slavonic сѣти (sěti, “to sow”), from Proto-Slavic *sěti (“to sow”).

се́я • (séja) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective се́йна)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to sow, to plant

   сея разсад (transitive) ― seja razsad ― to sow seedlings

   ще сея следобед (intransitive) ― šte seja sledobed ― to do sowing in the afternoon

2. (figuratively) to spread, to disseminate

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• ся́вам (sjávam) (semelfactive, dialectal)

• “сея¹”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “сея”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “сѣ́ѭ, -ешь; сѣхъ и сѣꙗ́хъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ.‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 312
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “сея¹”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 628
• “сѣти”, in Старобългарски речник (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic сѣти (sěti, “to sieve”), from Proto-Slavic *sěti (“to sieve”).

Despite formally distinct, this sense is listed as an alternative meaning of Etymology 1 within Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary and in Gerov's dictionary.

се́я • (séja) first-singular present indicative, impf

1. (transitive) to sieve, to sift (to run through some type of riddle)

   сея брашно (transitive) ― seja brašno ― to sift flour

• отсея pf (otseja), отсявам impf (otsjavam, “to sift out”)
• пресея pf (preseja), пресявам impf (presjavam, “to screen, to bolt”)
• просея pf (proseja), просявам impf (prosjavam, “to sift through”) (dialectal)

• си́то (síto, “sift”)

• “сея²”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “сея”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Related to Proto-Slavic *sijati (“to shine”). Compare Serbo-Croatian сије́вати (“to flash”).

се́я • (séja) first-singular present indicative, impf (rare, dialectal)

1. Alternative form of сия́я (sijája, “to radiate, to illuminate”)

In most dictionaries, just listed as a particular sense of Etymology 1.

• засея pf (zaseja), засейвам impf (zasejvam, “to get shiny, bright”)
• осея pf (oseja), осейвам impf (osejvam, “to fill with light”)
• обсея pf (obseja), обсявам impf (obsjavam, “to light up”) (dialectal)

• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “сꙗ́ѭ, -ешь; сꙗлъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ.‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 317

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *siti／*sějati (“to suckle”), related to dialectal Polish soić.

се́я • (séja) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective са́йна) (dialectal, Rupian dialects)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to suckle (milk)

   Synonym: боза́я (bozája)

• насея се (naseja se) (dialectal)
• просея (proseja), просевам (prosevam) (dialectal)

• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “сея²”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 631
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1908) “сѣ́я, -еш”, in Допълнение на българския рѣчникъ‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Plovdiv: Печатница "Трудъ" на Петко Бѣловѣждовъ, page 290

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сея • (śeja)

1. goat (especially she-goat)

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• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “сея”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс, Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN

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се́я • (séja)

1. present adverbial imperfective participle of се́ять (séjatʹ)