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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *-ěvъšь with e-kavian pronunciation of earlier -ě-, past active participle ending of ě- and ě/i-conj. verbs.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-евш • (-evš)
- (dated, obsolete) Deverbal from ě-conj. verbs expressing a resultant or a quality induced by a past activity:
- старе́я (staréja, “to get older”) → старе́вш (starévš, “senile”) (obsolete)
- вилне́я (vilnéja, “to run amock”) → вилня́вш (vilnjávš, “inducing rage, amock”) (obsolete)
- (dated, obsolete) Deverbal from ě/i-conj. verbs expressing a resultant or a quality induced by a past activity:
- потърпя́ (potǎrpjá, “to endure”) → потърпе́вш (potǎrpévš, “sufferer”)
- летя́ (letjá, “to fly”) → летя́вш (letjávš, “formerly flying”) (obsolete)
Usage notes
In Modern Bulgarian, the derivatives constructed with this suffix are interpreted as normal adjectives. The past active participle construction has been lost.
- -явш (-javš) — with ja-kavian pronunciation of earlier -ě-
- -ев (-ev), -яв (-jav) — regular, without emphatic -ш
References
- St. Stoyanov (1983) “Прилагателни имена от причастия”, in Граматика на съвременния български книжовен език, volume 2, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 150