# бъркам
## Bulgarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbɤrkɐm]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *bъrkati (“to poke, to stick”).

#### Verb

бъ́ркам • (bǎ́rkam) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective бръ́кна or бръ́квам)
* (intransitive) Alternative form of бъ́рча (bǎ́rča, “to poke”)
    бъ́ркам му с пръст в око́то ― bǎ́rkam mu s prǎst v okóto ― to poke someone in the eye with a finger
* (by extension) to stick, insert one's hand or some tool (in pockets, bag, hole)
* (reflexive) (+ си (si)) to look around, to search off one's belongings
    бъ́ркам си в портфе́йлa ― bǎ́rkam si v portféjla ― to pick up/put hand into one's wallet [to search for money]
* (dialectal, figurative) to search up
    Synonym: тъ́рся (tǎ́rsja)

##### Conjugation

$^1$Dialectally marked.

##### Alternative forms

* бъ́рцам (bǎ́rcam) — dialectal

##### Derived terms

* вбъ́ркам pf (vbǎ́rkam), вбъ́рквам impf (vbǎ́rkvam, “to poke into”) (dialectal)
* пребъ́ркам pf (prebǎ́rkam), пребъ́рквам impf (prebǎ́rkvam, “to poke around, to stick over and over again”)
* прибъ́ркам pf (pribǎ́rkam), прибъ́рквам impf (pribǎ́rkvam, “to insert into”) (dialectal)
* у́бъркам pf (úbǎrkam), у́бърквам impf (úbǎrkvam, “to stick up”) (dialectal)

##### Related terms

* бърк (bǎrk, “whisker, barbel”)
* бръ́чка (brǎ́čka, “wrinkle”)

#### References

* “бъркам¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “бъркам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *brъkati (“to shove, to thrush”).

#### Verb

бъ́ркам • (bǎ́rkam) first-singular present indicative, impf
* (transitive) to stir, to mingle, to blend up
    → to whisk a mixture/solution
    → to churn (butter)
    → to muddle (water)
* (reflexive) (+ се (se)) to confuse oneself, to blunder, to make a mistake
* (reflexive) (+ се (se)) to interfere + в (v)
    Synonyms: ме́ся се (mésja se), наме́свам се (namésvam se)

##### Conjugation

$^1$Dialectally marked.

##### Alternative forms

* бръ́кам (brǎ́kam) — dialectal

##### Derived terms

* бърка́ло (bǎrkálo), бърка́лка (bǎrkálka, “paddle, whisk, tool for stirring”)
* бъ́ркане (bǎ́rkane), бъ́рканица (bǎ́rkanica, “stirring, blending”)
* бърка́ч m (bǎrkáč), бърка́чка f (bǎrkáčka, “stirrer (agent)”)
** бетонобърка́чка (betonobǎrkáčka, “concrete mixer (machine)”)
* бъркоти́я (bǎrkotíja, “mess, chaos”)
* бърко́ч (bǎrkóč, “hotchpotch”)
* забъ́ркам pf (zabǎ́rkam), забъ́рквам impf (zabǎ́rkvam, “to stir, to blend up”)
* набъ́ркам pf (nabǎ́rkam), набъ́рквам impf (nabǎ́rkvam, “to mix somewhat”)
* объ́ркам pf (obǎ́rkam), объ́рквам impf (obǎ́rkvam, “to blunder, to make a mistake”)
* побъ́ркам pf (pobǎ́rkam), побъ́рквам impf (pobǎ́rkvam, “to make s.o. mad”)
* разбъ́ркам pf (razbǎ́rkam), разбъ́рквам impf (razbǎ́rkvam, “to blend well”)
* сбъ́ркам pf (sbǎ́rkam), сбъ́рквам impf (sbǎ́rkvam, “to blunder”)

##### Related terms

* бърни́кам (bǎrníkam, “to be stirring”) (iterative)

#### References

* “бъркам²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “бъркам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010