-авш

Bulgarian Etymology From bg sla-pro *-avъšь, past active participle ending of a-conj. verbs. Pronunciation -авш [KK] Suffix bg suffix bg dated obsolete Deverbal from a-conj. verbs expressing a resultant or a quality induced by a past activity: bg постра́дам to suffer → bg пострада́вш having experience a misfortune poetic bg па́дам to fall → bg па́давш fallen out of grace poetic dated bg колеба́я to oscillate → bg колеба́вш uncertain, fluctuant dated bg игра́я to play → bg игра́вш formally playable dated bg dated obsolete Deverbal from a/j-conj. verbs expressing a resultant or a quality induced by a past activity: bg пока́жа to show → bg показа́вш indicative of rare bg пи́ша to write → bg писа́вш formerly writing (for a writing tool) rare Usage notes In Modern Bulgarian, the derivatives constructed with this suffix are interpreted as normal adjectives. The past active participle construction has been lost. Alternative forms bg -ав without emphatic -ш Derived terms bg -авост Related terms bg -вш, bg -ш bg -ивш, bg -ив bg -евш, bg -ев bg -явш, bg -яв References St. Stoyanov Прилагателни имена от причастия Граматика на съвременния български книжовен език 2 1983 150 Bulgarian Academy of Sciences