Prodava

Prodava is the Latin transliteration of the Cyrillic verb form продава, used in Bulgarian and Macedonian to mean “he/she/it sells” in the present tense. The form represents the third-person singular present, while the corresponding infinitives are продавам in Bulgarian and продавати in Macedonian. The root prod- is shared across several Slavic languages, carrying the sense of selling or commerce.

In usage, prodava functions as a finite verb requiring no auxiliary to indicate that a subject sells something. It appears in everyday sentences and is typically paired with a direct object in the accusative case. The form is distinct to Bulgarian and Macedonian; in other South Slavic languages, present-tense formations differ (for example, Serbian/Croatian use forms like prodaje for the third person).

Examples:

Bulgarian: Той продава ябълки. translates to He sells apples.

Macedonian: Тој продава јаболки. translates to He sells apples.

Transliteration notes: prodava can be encountered in Latin-script texts that render Cyrillic Bulgarian or Macedonian. It is not a standalone English word and does not correspond to a separate lexical entry in most dictionaries; rather, it is a tense-form of the verb meaning to sell.

Related terms include продавам (I sell) in Bulgarian and продава (he sells) in both Bulgarian and Macedonian, as well as nouns such as продажба (sale) in Bulgarian and продажба (sale) in Macedonian.