сладък

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *soldъkъ. Morphologically equivalent to сла́да (sláda, “sweetness”) (obsolete) +‎ -ък (-ǎk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɫadɐk]

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Adjective

сла́дък • (sládǎk) (adverb сла́дко)

1. sweet
2. tasty

   Synonym: вку́сен (vkúsen)

3. (figurative) pleasant, agreeable
4. (figurative) cute, pretty

   Synonym: милови́ден (milovíden)

Declension

Positive forms of сла́дък

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	сла́дък sládǎk	сла́дка sládka	сла́дко sládko	сла́дки sládki
definite (subject form)	сла́дкият sládkijat	сла́дката sládkata	сла́дкото sládkoto	сла́дките sládkite
definite (object form)	сла́дкия sládkija

Comparative forms of сла́дък

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	по́-сла́дък pó-sládǎk	по́-сла́дка pó-sládka	по́-сла́дко pó-sládko	по́-сла́дки pó-sládki
definite (subject form)	по́-сла́дкият pó-sládkijat	по́-сла́дката pó-sládkata	по́-сла́дкото pó-sládkoto	по́-сла́дките pó-sládkite
definite (object form)	по́-сла́дкия pó-sládkija

Superlative forms of сла́дък

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	на́й-сла́дък náj-sládǎk	на́й-сла́дка náj-sládka	на́й-сла́дко náj-sládko	на́й-сла́дки náj-sládki
definite (subject form)	на́й-сла́дкият náj-sládkijat	на́й-сла́дката náj-sládkata	на́й-сла́дкото náj-sládkoto	на́й-сла́дките náj-sládkite
definite (object form)	на́й-сла́дкия náj-sládkija

Derived terms

• сла́дко (sládko, “sweet, jam”)
• сладки́ш (sladkíš, “cake”)
• сла́дце (sládce, “with pleasure”) (dated)

Related terms

• сладя́ (sladjá, “to sweeten”)
• слад (slad, “malt”) (archaic)
• сла́дост (sládost, “sweetness”)
• насла́да (nasláda, “delight”)

References

• “сладък”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “сладък”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010