Meaning of -оват | Babel Free

Definitions

Forms adjectives from nouns or adjectives with approximating meaning: -y, -some

morpheme

Examples

“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”)”

“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”)”

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