# блещя
## Bulgarian
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *blěščiti (“to glance, to flash”), a denominal inchoative of бля́сък (bljásǎk, “glow, glamour”) +‎ -я (-ja). Diachronically related to Etymology 2.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈblɛʃtʲɐ]
* Audio:(file)

#### Verb

бле́щя • (bléštja) first-singular present indicative, impf
* (transitive, colloquial) to goggle, to protrude eyes (in order to get a glimpse of sth) + очи́ (očí, “eyes”)
    Synonyms: пу́ля (púlja), коко́ря (kokórja), впе́рвам (vpérvam), втора́чвам (vtoráčvam)

##### Conjugation

$^1$Dialectally marked.

##### Derived terms

* бле́щя се (bléštja se, “to gawk, to stare with wide eyes”) (reflexive)
* забле́щя pf (zabléštja), забле́щвам impf (zabléštvam)
* изле́щя pf (izléštja), избле́щвам impf (izbléštvam)
* обле́щя pf (obléštja), обле́щвам impf (obléštvam)
* бле́щене (bléštene, “goggling”)

#### References

* “бле́щя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “бле́щя очи”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бле́щя (се)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 56

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *bliscati, *blьščati, *blьstěti (“to shine, to radiate”), a reanalyzed ské-present of an earlier *blizti.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [blɛʃˈtʲɤ̟]
* Audio:(file)

#### Verb

блещя́ • (bleštjá) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective блесна́)
* (intransitive, obsolescent) Alternative form of блестя́ (blestjá, “to shine, to shimmer”)

##### Alternative forms

* бля́скам (bljáskam), бле́скам (bléskam), блъщя́ (blǎštjá)

##### Derived terms

* блещу́кам (bleštúkam, “to glimmer”)
* блеще́ние (blešténie, “shining, illumination”)
* бля́скав (bljáskav, “brilliant, dazzling”)
** блеска́вица (bleskávica, “lightning”) (dialectal)

#### References

* “блещя́”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “блестя, бляскам, блясвам, блясна, блещя, блескам, блъщя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 55
* Nayden Gerov (1895) “блѣщѭ́, -и́шь”, 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 51

### Etymology 3

Possibly a dialectal variant of synonymous пле́щя (pléštja) (from пля́скам (pljáskam, “to clap”)) or from a fussion of бле́я (bléja, “to bleat”) + врещя́ (vreštjá, “to groan, to whine”). Sometimes also compared with the outcome of Proto-Slavic *blęsti (“to blend words, to err”), despite objectively incompatible with it.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈblɛʃtʲɐ]
* Audio:(file)

#### Verb

бле́щя • (bléštja) first-singular present indicative, impf
* (transitive, dialectal) to blather, to utter nonsense; to say something absurd (semantically incomprehensive)
    Synonyms: бръ́твя (brǎ́tvja), бръщоле́вя (brǎštolévja), дръ́нкам (drǎ́nkam), пле́щя (pléštja)
    бле́щя врели-некипели ― bléštja vreli-nekipeli ― to utter nonsense

##### Conjugation

$^1$Dialectally marked.

#### Further reading

* “плещя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* блѧсти in Исторически речник на българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"