какъв

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Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kakvъ, an extension of Proto-Slavic *kakъ.

Pronunciation

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Determiner

какъ́в • (kakǎ́v) m (interrogative)

  1. what, what kind of, what sort of, what type of (used to ask for a description)
    Какъв човек е той?
    Kakǎv čovek e toj?
    What sort of a man is he?/What is he like?
    Каква музика харесваш?
    Kakva muzika haresvaš?
    What kind of music do you like?
    Вие какъв сте?
    Vie kakǎv ste?
    What (job) do you do?
    В каква къща живееш?
    V kakva kǎšta živeeš?
    What kind of house do you live in?
    Какъв е смисълът от всичкото това насилие?
    Kakǎv e smisǎlǎt ot vsičkoto tova nasilie?
    What’s the point of all this violence?
    Каква е разликата между сталагмит и сталактит?
    Kakva e razlikata meždu stalagmit i stalaktit?
    What is the difference between a stalagmite and a stalactite?
    Какви са правата ми?
    Kakvi sa pravata mi?
    What are my rights?
  2. (in an exclamation) what (used for emphasis.)
    Какъв талант има!
    Kakǎv talant ima!
    What talent he has!
    Каква жена!
    Kakva žena!
    What a woman!
    Какво отвратително време!
    Kakvo otvratitelno vreme!
    What awful weather!

Declension

Declension of какъ́в
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
какъ́в
kakǎ́v 		каква́
kakvá 		какво́
kakvó 		какви́
kakví
Bulgarian interrogative pronouns
personal qualitative possessive quantitative
masculine nominative кой (koj) какъ́в (kakǎ́v)
ко́лкав (kólkav) 		чий (čij) ко́лко (kólko)
колци́на (kolcína)
accusative кого́ (kogó)
dative кому́ (komú)
prepositional с кого́ (s kogó)
feminine коя́ (kojá) каква́ (kakvá)
ко́лкава (kólkava) 		чия́ (čijá)
neuter кое́ (koé)
какво́ (kakvó)
що (što) 		какво́ (kakvó)
ко́лкаво (kólkavo) 		чие́ (čié)
plural кои́ (koí) какви́ (kakví)
ко́лкави (kólkavi) 		чии́ (čií)

References

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