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помия

/[poˈmijɐ]/
Bulgariannoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    sewage, swill, slops
  2. 2.
    insults, aspersions
    • хвърлям помия по някого

      hvǎrljam pomija po njakogoto insult

Synonyms & related words

Related words (1)
  • ми́ене

Etymology

Deverbal from помивам (pomivam, “to wash out”) (formally reflecting as earlier *pomyja). Related to Russian помо́и m pl (pomói, “swill, slops”), Polish pomyje (“slops, swill”), Old Church Slavonic помꙑѩ (pomyję).

Forms

  • поми́яcanonical • feminine
  • pomíjaromanization
  • поми́енadjective • relational
  • поми́яindefinite • singular
  • поми́ятаdefinite • singular

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