HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
← Back to search

Meaning of -ък | Babel Free

Phrase masculine CEFR C2
[-ɤk]

Definitions

  1. Deadjectival, denoting a carrier of the specified property (rare)
  2. Deverbal from the past participle in -т (-t), denotes resultant nouns of the specified action.
  3. Deverbal, denotes an instance of the specified action
  4. From nouns, forms adjectives with pertaining meaning
  5. Non-productive adjective suffix which corresponded to doublet forms in Proto-Slavic, e.g.

Examples

“пети (peti, “fifth”) + -ък (-ǎk) → петък (petǎk, “Friday”)”
“четвърти (četvǎrti, “fourth”) + -ък (-ǎk) → четвъртък (četvǎrtǎk, “Thursday”)”
“жълт (žǎlt, “yellow”) + -ък (-ǎk) → жълтък (žǎltǎk, “egg yolk”)”
“бял (bjal, “white”) + -ък (-ǎk) → белтък (beltǎk, “egg white”)”
“добивам (dobivam, “to extract, to obtain”) → добит (dobit) → добитък (dobitǎk, “cattle”)”
“свивам (svivam, “to bend into an arc or circle”) → свит (svit) → свитък (svitǎk, “a scroll”)”
“тласкам (tlaskam, “to push, to press”) + -ък (-ǎk) → тласък (tlasǎk, “a push”)”
“пискам (piskam, “to scream”) + -ък (-ǎk) → писък (pisǎk, “a scream”)”
“жар (žar, “embers”) + -ък (-ǎk) → жарък (žarǎk, “hot, scorching”)”
“тежест (težest, “weight, burden”) + -ък (-ǎk) → тежък (težǎk, “heavy”)”
“горест (gorest, “sorrow, grief”) + -ък (-ǎk) → горък (gorǎk, “sorrowful”)”
“гладък (gladǎk), дързък (dǎrzǎk), крепък (krepǎk), крехък (krehǎk)”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
See all C2 Български words →

See also

Learn this word in context

See -ък used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course

Know this word better than we do? Language is a living thing — help us keep it growing. Collaborate with Babel Free