лежа
Pronunciation: [lɛˈʒɤ̟]
“лежа” is a Bulgarian word. Its 7 meanings in English:
verb
- to be or to stay at rest in a horizontal position
- to underlie
- to lie sick, to be laid up (to be sick in bed)
- to lie on eggs (in order to keep them warm), to incubate
- to remain poised or stationary in the air, to hang
- to lie idle, to be idle, to remain idle, to do noting
- to serve a term in prison, to do time
Etymology
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic лежати (ležati),from Proto-Slavic *ležati.
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