# лежа
## Bulgarian
### Alternative forms

* лежѫ (ležǫ) (Pre-reform orthography (1899)) (lemma)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic лежати (ležati),from Proto-Slavic *ležati.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [lɛˈʒɤ̟] (lemma)
* IPA: [lɛˈʒa̟] (aorist)

### Verb

лежа́ • (ležá) first-singular present indicative, impf
* (intransitive, stative) to lie
** to be or to stay at rest in a horizontal position
    Книгата лежи на масата. ― Knigata leži na masata. ― The book is lying on the table.
** to underlie
    лежа в основата на ― leža v osnovata na ― to lie at the root of
** to lie sick, to be laid up (to be sick in bed)
** (of birds) to lie on eggs (in order to keep them warm), to incubate
* (intransitive, iterative) to repose, to be situated
** to remain poised or stationary in the air, to hang
    Гъста мъгла лежи над клисурата.Gǎsta mǎgla leži nad klisurata.А heavy fog is hanging over the gorge.
** to lie idle, to be idle, to remain idle, to do noting
    Synonyms: мързелувам (mǎrzeluvam), безделнича (bezdelniča), бездействам (bezdejstvam)
** (figurative) to serve a term in prison, to do time
    лежах X години в затвора ― ležah X godini v zatvora ― to had served X years in prison

#### Conjugation

$^1$Largely fallen into disuse.

#### Derived terms

* долежа pf (doleža), долежавам impf (doležavam)
* залежа pf (zaleža), залежавам impf (zaležavam)
* излежа pf (izleža), излежавам impf (izležavam)
* належа се pf (naleža se), належавам се impf (naležavam se)
* олежа се pf (oleža se), олежавам се impf (oležavam se)
* отлежа pf (otleža), отлежавам impf (otležavam)
* полежа pf (poleža), полежавам impf (poležavam)
* прележа pf (preleža), прележавам impf (preležavam)
* пролежа pf (proleža), пролежавам impf (proležavam)
* разлежа се pf (razleža se), разлежавам се impf (razležavam se)
* ле́жище (léžište)
* ле́жка (léžka) (dialectal)
* ле́жла f (léžla) (colloquial)
* ле́жльо m (léžljo) (colloquial)
* (agent noun) лежа́к m (ležák)
* (action noun) лежа́нка (ležánka)
* (agent noun) лежа́ч m (ležáč)
* (agent noun) лежа́чка f (ležáčka)
* ле́жавш (léžavš) (obsolete)
* ле́жен (léžen) (dialectal)

#### Related terms

* ля́гам (ljágam, “to lie down”)
* легло́ (legló, “bed”)
* лего́вище (legóvište, “lair”)
* лог (log), ло́жe (lóže, “couch”) (o-stem)

### Verb

лежа́ • (ležá)
* second-person singular aorist indicative of лежа́ (ležá)
* third-person singular aorist indicative of лежа́ (ležá)

### References

* “лежа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “лежа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
* Nayden Gerov (1899) “лѣжѭ́, -ишь; -жꙗ́лъ”, 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 30
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лежа”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 346
* “лежати”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024