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Bulgarian
Etymology
Disputed:
- According to St. Mladenov: From ров (rov, “ditch”) + -ък (-ǎk), originally meaning digable, delvable.
- According to Skok: Reanalyzed from Ancient Greek ῥοφτός (rhophtós), ῥοπτός (rhoptós). Compare Bulgarian ро́фет (rófet), ро́вит (róvit, “unboiled egg”) (dialectal).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ро́вък • (róvǎk) (abstract noun ро́вкост)
- (dialectal) friable, crumbly (for soil)
- Synonyms: трошли́в (trošlív), ронли́в (ronlív), си́пкав (sípkav)
- (figurative) softly boiled (for egg)
- Synonym: ро́хък (róhǎk)
Declension
Comparative forms of ро́вък
Superlative forms of ро́вък
References
- “ровък”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “ровък”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “ровък, ровка, ровко”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 279