# диря
## Bulgarian
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *diřa (given as *dyřa in Gerov's dictionary).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdirʲɐ]

#### Noun

ди́ря • (dírja) f (diminutive ди́рка)
* crack, notch (remnant or result of tearing)
* trace, trail
    хващам/ловя дирята някому ― hvaštam/lovja dirjata njakomu ― to catch/hunt for one's trail
* mark, scar, vestige
    Куче влачи, диря няма. (idiom)Kuče vlači, dirja njama.to avoid responsibilities(literally, “One drags a dog, [but] there is no trail.”)

##### Declension

$^1$Rare.

##### Alternative forms

* ди́ра (díra) — a-stem

##### Derived terms

* нади́ре (nadíre) (dialectal)
* отди́ре (otdíre) (dialectal)
* поди́ре (podíre)

#### References

* “диря (същ.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “диря (1)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
* Nayden Gerov (1895) “дꙑ́рꙗ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 386
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “диря (същ.)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 396
* “дира”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *diriti. At least partially a causative-iterative of Etymology 1. Stang (followed by Derksen) tentatively considered a possible descend from a r-extension of Proto-Indo-European *deyH- (“to emit, to transcend?”), cognate with Lithuanian dyrė́ti (“to look out, to stare”), Latvian dairîties (“to stare, to gaze at”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdirʲɐ]

#### Verb

ди́ря • (dírja) first-singular present indicative, impf
* (transitive) to look for, to seek, to explore
* (ditransitive, figurative, usually with negative connotation) (+ dative pronoun) to ask for, to dare, to call out
    диря си боя / белята (idiomatic)dirja si boja / beljatato ask for spanking / trouble
* (transitive) to follow a trace, to trail

##### Conjugation

$^1$Dialectally marked.

##### Derived terms

* доди́ря pf (dodírja), доди́рвам impf (dodírvam), доди́рям impf (dodírjam)
* зади́ря pf (zadírja), зади́рвам impf (zadírvam), зади́рям impf (zadírjam)
* изди́ря pf (izdírja), изди́рвам impf (izdírvam), изди́рям impf (izdírjam)
* преди́ря pf (predírja), преди́рвам impf (predírvam), преди́рям impf (predírjam)
* приди́ря pf (pridírja), приди́рвам impf (pridírvam), приди́рям impf (pridírjam)
* разди́ря pf (razdírja), разди́рвам impf (razdírvam), разди́рям impf (razdírjam)
* ди́рба (dírba)
* ди́рка (dírka)
* ди́рник m (dírnik)
* ди́рница f (dírnica)
* диру́га (dirúga, “groove”)

#### References

* “диря (гл.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “диря (2)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
* Nayden Gerov (1895) “дꙑ́рѭ, -ишь; -ри́лъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 386
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “диря (гл.)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 396