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-аем
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Bulgarian
Etymology
From bg sla-pro *-ajemъ, present passive participle ending of a- (including some ja-), a/C-, or a/j-conjugation verbs. In Modern Bulgarian, the derivatives constructed with this suffix are interpreted as normal adjectives.
Pronunciation
-аем [KK]
Suffix
bg suffix
bg productive suffix deverbal from transitive verbs in thematic a-conjugation, forms adjectives expressing capacity, susceptibility, eventuality, or condition; -able
bg обитая to settle in, to habituate → bg обитаем habitable
bg закопчая to button (a knob) → bg закопчаем buttonable
bg оправдая to excuse → bg оправдаем excusable
bg разгадая to unravel → bg разгадаем scrutable, solvable
bg productive suffix deverbal from transitive verbs in аthematic a-conjugation, forms adjectives expressing capacity, susceptibility, eventuality, or condition; -able
bg гледам impf to observe, to look at → bg гледаем watchable
bg смилам pf to mince, to grind → bg смилаем digestible
bg разбирам impf to understand → bg разбираем understandable
bg облагам pf to put a tax → bg облагаем taxable
bg somewhat productive suffix deverbal from transitive verbs in variable a/C- or a/j-conjugation, forms adjectives expressing capacity, susceptibility, eventuality, or condition; -able
bg дъвча to chew (a/j-conj.) → bg дъвкаем chewable
bg призова to invoke (a/C-conj.) → bg призоваем summonable
Derived terms
bg
bg -аемост
Related terms
bg -ом
bg -ваем, bg -уем
bg -им
bg -яем
References
St. Stoyanov Прилагателни имена от причастия Граматика на съвременния български книжовен език 2 1983 150 Bulgarian Academy of Sciences