тека

See also: Appendix:Variations of "teka"

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic тещи (tešti), from Proto-Slavic *teťi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɛˈkɤ]

Verb

тека́ • (teká) first-singular present indicative, impf

1. to flow, to run, to gutter
2. to leak, to ooze, (of a candle) to gutter
3. (of time) to pass, to fly, (of a melody, thoughts, etc.) to flow

Conjugation

    Conjugation of тека́ (conjugation 1.1, imperfective, intransitive)

participles		present active participle	past active aorist participle	past active imperfect participle	past passive participle	verbal noun	adverbial participle
masculine	indefinite	теча́щ, тече́щ1 tečášt, tečéšt1	те́къл tékǎl	теча́л, тече́л1 tečál, tečél1	—		тече́йки tečéjki
	definite subject form	теча́щият, тече́щият1 tečáštijat, tečéštijat1	те́клият téklijat	—	—
	definite object form	теча́щия, тече́щия1 tečáštija, tečéštija1	те́клия téklija	—	—
feminine	indefinite	теча́ща, тече́ща1 tečášta, tečéšta1	те́кла tékla	теча́ла, тече́ла1 tečála, tečéla1	—
	definite	теча́щата, тече́щата1 tečáštata, tečéštata1	те́клата téklata	—	—
neuter	indefinite	теча́що, тече́що1 tečášto, tečéšto1	те́кло téklo	теча́ло, тече́ло1 tečálo, tečélo1	—	те́чене téčene
	definite	теча́щото, тече́щото1 tečáštoto, tečéštoto1	те́клото tékloto	—	—	те́ченето téčeneto
plural	indefinite	теча́щи, тече́щи1 tečášti, tečéšti1	те́кли tékli	теча́ли, тече́ли1 tečáli, tečéli1	—	те́чения, те́ченета téčenija, téčeneta
	definite	теча́щите, тече́щите1 tečáštite, tečéštite1	те́клите téklite	—	—	те́ченията, те́ченетата téčenijata, téčenetata

person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present		тека́ teká	тече́ш tečéš	тече́ tečé	тече́м tečém	тече́те tečéte	тека́т tekát
imperfect		теча́х, тече́х1 tečáh, tečéh1	тече́ше tečéše	тече́ше tečéše	теча́хме, тече́хме1 tečáhme, tečéhme1	теча́хте, тече́хте1 tečáhte, tečéhte1	теча́ха, тече́ха1 tečáha, tečéha1
aorist		те́кох tékoh	те́че téče	те́че téče	те́кохме tékohme	те́кохте tékohte	те́коха tékoha
future	pos.	Use ще followed by the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́ма да followed by the present indicative tense
future in the past	pos.	Use the imperfect indicative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́маше да followed by the present indicative tense
present perfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and те́къл m, те́кла f, те́кло n, or те́кли pl
past perfect		Use the imperfect indicative tense of съм and те́къл m, те́кла f, те́кло n, or те́кли pl
future perfect		Use the future indicative tense of съм and те́къл m, те́кла f, те́кло n, or те́кли pl
future perfect in the past		Use the future in the past indicative tense of съм and те́къл m, те́кла f, те́кло n, or те́кли pl
renarrative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and теча́л/тече́л1 m, теча́ла/тече́ла1 f, теча́ло/тече́ло1 n, or теча́ли/тече́ли1 pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and те́къл m, те́кла f, те́кло n, or те́кли pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́мало да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and те́къл m, те́кла f, те́кло n, or те́кли pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past renarrative tense of съм and те́къл m, те́кла f, те́кло n, or те́кли pl
dubitative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and теча́л/тече́л1 m, теча́ла/тече́ла1 f, теча́ло/тече́ло1 n, or теча́ли/тече́ли1 pl
aorist		Use the aorist renarrative tense of съм and те́къл m, те́кла f, те́кло n, or те́кли pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect dubitative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́мало било́ да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		none
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past dubitative tense of съм and те́къл m, те́кла f, те́кло n, or те́кли pl
conclusive		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and теча́л/тече́л1 m, теча́ла/тече́ла1 f, теча́ло/тече́ло1 n, or теча́ли/тече́ли1 pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм and те́къл m, те́кла f, те́кло n, or те́кли pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect conclusive tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́мало е да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		Use the present/imperfect conclusive tense of съм and те́къл m, те́кла f, те́кло n, or те́кли pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past conclusive tense of съм and те́къл m, те́кла f, те́кло n, or те́кли pl
conditional		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
		Use the first aorist indicative tense of бъ́да and те́къл m, те́кла f, те́кло n, or те́кли pl
imperative		-	ти	-	-	вие	-
			течи́ tečí			тече́те tečéte

¹Largely fallen into disuse.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• дотека (doteka)
• затека (zateka)
• изтека (izteka)
• отека (oteka)
• поотека (pooteka)
• потека (poteka)
• произтека (proizteka)
• протека (proteka)
• течен (tečen)
• течение (tečenie)
• течливост (tečlivost)
• течност (tečnost)

Anagrams

• таке (take)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /těːka/
• Hyphenation: те‧ка

Noun

те́ка f (Latin spelling téka)

1. (colloquial) notebook

   Synonym: бѝљежница

Declension

Declension of тека

	singular	plural
nominative	те́ка	теке
genitive	теке	тека
dative	те́ци	текама
accusative	теку	теке
vocative	теко	теке
locative	те́ци	текама
instrumental	теком	текама

Further reading

• “тека”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024