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Meaning of -ьо | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR A2

Definitions

  1. Forms pet versions of personal names
    morpheme, neuter
  2. Forms diminutive forms of kin terms
    morpheme, neuter

Examples

“Драган (Dragan, “Dragan”) → Ганьо (Ganjo)”
“Цветан (Cvetan, “Tsvetan”) → Цецо (Ceco)”
“Иван (Ivan, “John”) → Ваньо (Vanjo)”
“Николай (Nikolaj, “Nicolas”) → Кольо (Koljo)”
“Валентин (Valentin, “Valentine”) → Вальо (Valjo)”
“Димитър (Dimitǎr, “Demeter”) → Митьо (Mitjo)”
“Александър (Aleksandǎr, “Alexander”) → Сандьо (Sandjo), Сашо (Sašo)”
“Петър (Petǎr, “Peter”) → Петьо (Petjo), Пешо (Pešo)”
“Георги (Georgi, “George”) → Гошо (Gošo)”
“Михаил (Mihail, “Michael”) → Мишо (Mišo)”
“вуй (vuj, “maternal uncle”) (dated) → вуйчо (vujčo)”
“чиче (čiče, “paternal uncle”) (dated) → чичо (čičo)”

CEFR level

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

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