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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *-ovatъ, a combination of -ов (-ov) + -ат (-at).
Suffix
-оват • (-ovat)
- Forms adjectives from nouns or adjectives with approximating meaning: -y, -some
- From action/abstract nouns:
- въ́зел (vǎ́zel, “knot”) → възлова́т (vǎzlovát, “nodulous”)
- хвърк (hvǎrk, “cast, hurl”) → хвъркова́т (hvǎrkovát, “brisky, lively”)
- ствол (stvol, “stem”) → стволова́т (stvolovát, “protruding, with upright stem”)
- ъ́гъл (ǎ́gǎl, “angle”) → ъглова́т (ǎglovát, “angular”)
- From adjectives:
- груб (grub, “rough”) → грубoва́т (grubovát, “rude, somewhat rough”)
- мек (mek, “soft”) → мекова́т (mekovát, “mushy, somewhat soft”)
- глуп (glup, “stupid”) (dialectal) → глупова́т (glupovát, “slow, somewhat stupid”)
- дъ́лъг (dǎ́lǎg, “long”) → дългова́т (dǎlgovát), продългова́т (prodǎlgovát, “prolonged, somewhat long”)
- лек (lek, “light”) → лекова́т (lekovát, “not serious, who takes stuff lightly”)
- сух (suh, “dry”) → сухова́т (suhovát, “dryish, drained”)
- гро́зен (grózen, “ugly”) → грознова́т (groznovát, “unsympathetic”)
- чу́ден (čúden, “marvelous, strange”) → чуднова́т (čudnovát, “bizarre, weird”)
Declension
Declension of -ова́т (no comparative)
Derived terms