-ьо

Bulgarian Etymology From bg sla-pro *-ę, applied in diminutive sense on personal names or proper nouns referring to people (nicknames, kit terms, pejorative terms, etc.). Attested more in the Eastern dialects. Cognate with ru -я with similar function. Suffix bg suffix n Forms pet versions of personal names: bg Драган Dragan → bg Ганьо bg Цветан Tsvetan → bg Цецо bg Иван John → bg Ваньо bg Николай Nicolas → bg Кольо bg Валентин Valentine → bg Вальо bg Димитър Demeter → bg Митьо bg Александър Alexander → bg Сандьо, bg Сашо bg Петър Peter → bg Петьо, bg Пешо bg Георги George → bg Гошо bg Михаил Michael → bg Мишо Forms diminutive forms of kin terms: bg вуй maternal uncle dated → bg вуйчо bg чиче paternal uncle dated → bg чичо Usage notes The soft symbol -ь- is dropped before intrinsically palatalized consonants (ч, ж, ш, ц). Alternative forms bg -йо before vowels bg -е standard form Derived terms bg -льо bg -чо Ukrainian Etymology See uk -о Suffix uk suffix -ьо uk -́о Derived terms uk