-льо

Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

Agentive suffix, back-formed from the adjectival suffix Proto-Slavic *-livъ (“-ly, -ish”) + -ьо (-jo, “diminutive suffix”). Eventually, its application has been extended to form diminutive counter-parts of masculine nouns in -ъл (-ǎl), -ел (-el), -ал (-al) (from Proto-Slavic *-ъlъ, *-ьlъ, *-alъ).

Suffix edit

-льо • (-ljo) n

Forms diminutive agent nouns, often with pejorative meaning:
Synonyms: -ко (-ko); -чо (-čo)
From verbs:
- сърдя (sǎrdja, “to sulk”) → сръдлив (srǎdliv, “grumpy”) → сръдльо (srǎdljo, “grump”)
- крада (krada, “to steal”) → крадлив (kradliv, “prone to stealing, thievish”) → крадльо (kradljo, “lifter, thief”)
- лъжа (lǎža, “to lie”) → лъжлив (lǎžliv, “prone to lying, bogus, fake”) → лъжльо (lǎžljo, “lair”)
- пикая (pikaja, “to piss”) → пиклив (pikliv, “pissing”) → пикльо (pikljo, “brat, bed-wetter”)
From nouns:
- мухъл (muhǎl, “mold”) → мухльо (muhljo, “fool, wretch”)
- петел (petel, “rooster”) → петльо (petljo, “rooster, cockerel”) (diminutive)
- бухал (buhal, “owl”) → бухльо (buhljo, “owl”) (diminutive)
- охлюв (ohljuv, “snail”) → охльо (ohljo, “snail”) (diminutive)
From adjectives:
- рошав (rošav, “shaggy, uncombed”) → рошльо (rošljo, “shock head”)

Inflection edit

Inflection of -льо

	singular	plural
indefinite	-льо	-льовци
definite	-льото	-льовците
vocative form	-льо	-льовци

Derived terms edit

Bulgarian terms suffixed with -льо