[poˈmijɐ]
OriginDeverbal 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).
- sewage, swill, slops
- collective, figurativelyinsults, aspersions
“хвърлям помия по някого” — to insult
Formsпоми́я(canonical, feminine) · pomíja(romanization) · поми́ен(adjective, relational) · поми́я(indefinite, singular) · поми́ята(definite, singular)