акав

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Bulgarian

Etymology

From а (a, the letter A) +‎ -кав (-kav, forming adjectives with an onomatopoeic quality based on their prefix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

а́кав (ákav)

  1. (linguistics, of a dialect (of Bulgarian)) featuring a reflex of yus (ѫ) with a value of /a/ (а), as opposed to /ɤ/ (ъ).
    В акавите говори, „мъж“ се казва „маж“.
    V akavite govori, „mǎž“ se kazva „maž“.
    In the a-reflex dialects, "mǎž" is said as "maž".

Declension

Synonyms

References

  • акав”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • акав”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 21

Russian

Pronunciation

Participle

а́кав (ákav)

  1. short past adverbial imperfective participle of а́кать (ákatʹ)