-чия

Bulgarian Etymology 1 Continues bg cu -чии, of bg trk-ogr origin from trk-pro *-či interpreted as sla-pro *-i stem suffix. Akin to Etymology 2 and bg -джия, which were borrowed at a later time from Ottoman Turkish. Morphologically, the suffix is declined as feminine, however, semantically, the derived terms are interpreted as masculine. Suffix bg suffix m Forms nouns depicting a representative of profession: -er, -ist bg кърма stern, bg кормило steering wheel → bg кръмчия, bg кормчия helmsman, steersman bg кораб ship) → bg корабчия sailor bg сан rank, administrative position → bg самчия administrator historical bg книга book → bg книгчия bookkeeper Inflection -чии -чията -чиите -чийо Further reading Duridinov, Iv. (1991): "Наставки на -ии, -ия, -иѥ" in Граматика на Старобългарския език, published by Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, p. 186 Etymology 2 Suffix bg suffix m feminine equivalent -чийка neuter equivalent -чийче bg -джия<pos:after vowels or voiced consonants> Usage notes Applied to stems ending in a voiceless consonant. Declension -чи́я<(v)>