-льо

Bulgarian Etymology Agentive suffix, back-formed from the adjectival suffix bg sla-pro *-livъ -ly, -ish + bg -ьо diminutive suffix. Eventually, its application has been extended to form diminutive counter-parts of masculine nouns in bg -ъл, bg -ел, bg -ал (from sla-pro *-ъlъ, sla-pro *-ьlъ, sla-pro *-alъ). Suffix bg suffix m Forms diminutive agent nouns, often with pejorative meaning: bg -ко ; -чо From verbs: bg сърдя to sulk → bg сръдлив grumpy → bg сръдльо grump bg крада to steal → bg крадлив prone to stealing, thievish → bg крадльо lifter, thief bg лъжа to lie → bg лъжлив prone to lying, bogus, fake → bg лъжльо lair bg пикая to piss → bg пиклив pissing → bg пикльо brat, bed-wetter From nouns: bg мухъл mold → bg мухльо fool, wretch bg петел rooster → bg петльо rooster, cockerel diminutive bg бухал owl → bg бухльо owl diminutive bg охлюв snail → bg охльо snail diminutive From adjectives: bg рошав shaggy, uncombed → bg рошльо shock head Inflection -льовци -льото -льовците -льо Derived terms bg Further reading Radeva, V. (1987): "наставка -льо" in Българското словообразуване, Sofia, p. 15