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Bulgarian
Suffix
-о • (-o)
- Suffix added to adjectives to produce adverbs.
- я́сен (jásen, “clear”) + -о (-o) → я́сно (jásno, “clearly”)
Derived terms
Russian
Alternative forms
- -е (-e) — after palatalized consonants, hushing consonants and ц
Pronunciation
Suffix
-о or -о́ • (-o or -ó)
- Suffix added to adjectives to produce adverbs; highly productive
- однозна́чный (odnoznáčnyj, “unambiguous”) + -о (-o) → однозна́чно (odnoznáčno, “unambiguously”)
- бы́стрый (býstryj, “quick, fast”) + -о (-o) → бы́стро (býstro, “quickly”)
- сме́лый (smélyj, “brave”) + -о (-o) → сме́ло (smélo, “bravely”)
- го́рький (górʹkij, “bitter”) + -о (-o) → го́рько (górʹko, “bitterly”)
- со́бственный (sóbstvennyj, “(one's) own”) + -о (-o) → со́бственно (sóbstvenno, “in fact, as a matter of fact”)
- больно́й (bolʹnój, “sick, painful”) + -о (-o) → бо́льно (bólʹno, “painfully; extremely”)
- глухо́й (gluxój, “deaf; dull, muffled”) + -о (-o) → глу́хо (glúxo, “deafly; dully, in a muffled manner”)
- дорого́й (dorogój, “expensive, dear”) + -о (-o) → до́рого (dórogo, “expensively, dearly”)
- ра́вный (rávnyj, “equal”) + -о́ (-ó) → равно́ (ravnó, “equally”)
- смешно́й (smešnój, “funny, comic”) + -о́ (-ó) → смешно́ (smešnó, “in a funny manner, comically”)
- у́мный (úmnyj, “clever, wise”) + -о́ (-ó) → умно́ (umnó, “cleverly, wisely”)
- лёгкий (ljóxkij, “light; easy”) + -о́ (-ó) → легко́ (lexkó, “lightly; easily”)
- хоро́ший (xoróšij, “good”) + -о́ (-ó) → хорошо́ (xorošó, “well”)
- горя́чий (gorjáčij, “hot; hot-tempered”) + -о́ (-ó) → горячо́ (gorjačó, “hotly, warmly; passionately”)
- да́вний (dávnij, “old, ancient, bygone”) + -о́ (-ó) → давно́ (davnó, “long ago”)
Usage notes
- The ending is most commonly unstressed even when the adjective is ending-stressed, but is sometimes stressed. Most of the time, whether the adverbial ending is unstressed or stressed follows the corresponding short neuter singular form of the adjective.
- This ending replaces -е (-e) when stressed.
Derived terms
See also
- -и (-i) (used to form adverbs from adjectives whose stem ends in -ск- or -ий-/-j-)