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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ен • (-en)
- (highly productive) suffix appended to nouns to form an adjective meaning "having the property of X", or "related to/consisting of X".
Derived terms
Macedonian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ of no dissimilar meaning.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ен • (-en) m
- suffix appended to nouns to form an adjective meaning "having the property of X"
- слава (slava, “glory”) + -ен (-en) → славен (slaven, “glorious”)
- век (vek, “century”) + -ен (-en) → вечен (večen, “eternal”)
- тага (taga, “sorrow”) + -ен (-en) → тажен (tažen, “sad”)
- suffix appended to nouns to form an adjective meaning "consisting of, related to, or pertaining to X"
- мозок (mozok, “brain”) + -ен (-en) → мозочен (mozočen, “cerebral”)
- бакар (bakar, “copper”) + -ен (-en) → бакарен (bakaren, “made of copper”)
- вода (voda, “water”) + -ен (-en) → воден (voden, “aqueous”)
Declension
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-enъ, likewise forming past passive participles.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ен • (-en) m
- suffix appended to some verbs ending in -е and most verbs ending in -и, provided that the preceding consonant is not н or њ, to derive the passive participle
- влече (vleče, “pull”) + -ен (-en) → влечен (vlečen, “pulled”)
- сади (sadi, “plant”) + -ен (-en) → саден (saden, “planted”)
- suffix appended to nouns to form an adjective meaning "having the property of X"
- вода (voda, “water”) + -ен (-en) → воден (voden, “wet”)
- suffix appended to nouns to form an adjective meaning "consisting of, related to, or pertaining to X"
- мед (med, “honey”) + -ен (-en) → меден (meden, “honeyed”)
- свила (svila, “silk”) + -ен (-en) → свилен (svilen, “silken”)
- коска (koska, “bone”) + -ен (-en) → коскен (kosken, “osseous”)
Declension
Derived terms