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Meaning of -ък | Babel Free

Phrase masculine CEFR A2
[-ɤk]

Definitions

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

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

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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