-лия

Bulgarian Etymology Grammaticalization of the Turkish adjectival marker bg tr -li/tr -lü (when appended to stems with a front root vowel), tr -lı/tr -lu (when appended to stems with a back root vowel). Encountered only with Ottoman Turkish loanwords. Morphologically, the suffix is declined as feminine; however, semantically, the derived terms are often interpreted as masculine, but sometimes аs both masculine and feminine. Suffix bg suffix m mf feminine -лийка neuter -лийче Forms nouns depicting possessor of quality or attribute: bg късме́т<t:kismet> късметли́я<g:m> bg кибри́т<t:fire match> кибритли́я<g:mf> bg махмурлу́к<t:hangover> махмурли́я<g:m> bg муста́к<t:moustache> мустакли́я<g:m> Forms nouns depicting member of group or place of origin: bg Осман<t:Ottoman> османли́я<g:m> bg даг<t:highlands> даали́я<g:m> Declension -ли́я<(v)> Derived terms bg Related terms bg -шия pertaining to (from tr -şu) bg -чия, bg -джия denoting profession or occupation (from tr -çi, tr -ci)