-оват

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-ovatъ, a combination of -ов (-ov) +‎ -ат (-at).

Suffix

-оват • (-ovat)

1. Forms adjectives from nouns or adjectives with approximating meaning: -y, -some

   From action/abstract nouns:

   въ́зел (vǎ́zel, “knot”) → възлова́т (vǎzlovát, “nodulous”)

   хвърк (hvǎrk, “cast, hurl”) → хвъркова́т (hvǎrkovát, “brisky, lively”)

   ствол (stvol, “stem”) → стволова́т (stvolovát, “protruding, with upright stem”)

   ъ́гъл (ǎ́gǎl, “angle”) → ъглова́т (ǎglovát, “angular”)

   From adjectives:

   груб (grub, “rough”) → грубoва́т (grubovát, “rude, somewhat rough”)

   мек (mek, “soft”) → мекова́т (mekovát, “mushy, somewhat soft”)

   глуп (glup, “stupid”) (dialectal) → глупова́т (glupovát, “slow, somewhat stupid”)

   дъ́лъг (dǎ́lǎg, “long”) → дългова́т (dǎlgovát), продългова́т (prodǎlgovát, “prolonged, somewhat long”)

   лек (lek, “light”) → лекова́т (lekovát, “not serious, who takes stuff lightly”)

   сух (suh, “dry”) → сухова́т (suhovát, “dryish, drained”)

   гро́зен (grózen, “ugly”) → грознова́т (groznovát, “unsympathetic”)

   чу́ден (čúden, “marvelous, strange”) → чуднова́т (čudnovát, “bizarre, weird”)

Declension

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	-ова́т -ovát	-ова́та -ováta	-ова́то -ováto	-ова́ти -ováti
definite (subject form)	-ова́тият -ovátijat	-ова́тата -ovátata	-ова́тото -ovátoto	-ова́тите -ovátite
definite (object form)	-ова́тия -ovátija

Declension of -ова́т (no comparative)

Derived terms

Bulgarian terms suffixed with -оват

Related terms

• -овит (-ovit)