вещая

• IPA^(key): [vɛʃˈtajɐ]

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From Old Church Slavonic вѣщати (věštati, “to claim”), from Proto-Slavic *věťati.

веща́я • (veštája) first-singular present indicative, pf (imperfective веща́вам)

1. (obsolete, transitive) to proclaim
2. (dialectal, intransitive) to talk over some topic

   Synonym: прика́жа (prikáža)

• веща́ние (veštánie, “claim, topic of discussion”) (obsolete)
• обеща́я pf (obeštája), обеща́вам impf (obeštávam, “to promise”)
• завеща́я pf (zaveštája), завеща́вам impf (zaveštávam, “to demise, to leave a will”)
• съвеща́вам impf (sǎveštávam, “to give opinion”) (obsolete)

• вити́я (vitíja, “orator”) (obsolete)

• вѣщати in Исторически речник на българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"

From Proto-Slavic *věščati. Equivalent to вещ (vešt, “proficient”) +‎ -ая (-aja).

веща́я • (veštája) first-singular present indicative, impf

1. (transitive) to prophesy, to foretell, to presage
2. (transitive) to portend, to serve as a sign

   Счу́пеното огледа́ло веща́е зла поли́чба

   Sčúpenoto ogledálo veštáe zla políčba

   The broken mirror indicates bad omen.

Because of the similar meanings, Modern Bulgarian does not make explicit distinction between Etymology 1 and Etymology 2.

• веща́ние (veštánie, “prophecy”) (standard)
• предвеща́вам impf (predveštávam, “to foreshadow”)
• развеща́вам impf (razveštávam, “to bust (а myth)”)

• вест (vest, “news, message”)
• вещина́ (veštiná, “proficiency, skill”)
• ве́жество (véžestvo, “knowledge, proficiency”) (from Russian)
• ве́щер m (véšter, “wizard”), ве́щица f (véštica, “witch”)

• “вещая”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “вещая”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

• IPA^(key): [vʲɪˈɕːæjə]

веща́я • (veščája)

1. present adverbial imperfective participle of веща́ть (veščátʹ)