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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *-otьja, cognate with Macedonian -отија (-otija). Equivalent to -ота (-ota) + -ия (-ija).
Suffix
-отия • (-otija)
- Derives abstract or collective nouns with expressive connotation: -ity, -ness
- From adjectives:
- лош (loš, “bad”) → лошоти́я (lošotíja, “malice, evilness”)
- прост (prost, “stupid”) → простоти́я (prostotíja, “stupidity”)
- гол (gol, “naked”) → голоти́я (golotíja, “nudity”)
- див (div, “wild”) → дивоти́я (divotíja, “wild behaviour”)
- бе́ден (béden, “poor”) → бедноти́я (bednotíja, “poverty”)
- мъ́чен (mǎ́čen, “painful, difficult”) → мъчноти́я (mǎčnotíja, “hardship”)
- From (causative/iterative) verbs:
- мъ́рся (mǎ́rsja, “to pollute”) → мръсоти́я (mrǎsotíja, “dirt, pollution”)
- грозя́ (grozjá, “to uglify”) → грозоти́я (grozotíja, “ugliness, eyescore”)
- гле́зя (glézja, “to spoil, to pamper”) → глезоти́я (glezotíja, “bratting, childish behaviour”)
- бъ́ркам (bǎ́rkam, “to stir”) → бъркоти́я (bǎrkotíja, “chaos, mess”)
- ня́мам (njámam, “to lack, to be devoid of”) → немоти́я (nemotíja, “penury”)
- лига́вя се (ligávja se, “to slobber”) → лиготи́я (ligotíja, “drooling, childish behaviour”)
- From abstract nouns:
- вкус (vkus, “taste”) → вкусоти́я (vkusotíja, “deliciousness”)
- гнус (gnus, “disgust”) → гнусоти́я (gnusotíja, “nastiness”)
- срам (sram, “shame”) → срамоти́я (sramotíja, “shamefulness”)
- страх (strah, “fear”) → страхоти́я (strahotíja, “horror”)
Declension