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-отия
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Bulgarian
Etymology
From bg sla-pro *-otьja, cognate with mk -отија. Equivalent to bg -ота -ия.
Suffix
bg suffix
Derives abstract or collective nouns with expressive connotation: -ity, -ness
From adjectives:
bg лош bad → bg лошоти́я malice, evilness
bg прост stupid → bg простоти́я stupidity
bg гол naked → bg голоти́я nudity
bg див wild → bg дивоти́я wild behaviour
bg бе́ден poor → bg бедноти́я poverty
bg мъ́чен painful, difficult → bg мъчноти́я hardship
From (causative/iterative) verbs:
bg мъ́рся to pollute → bg мръсоти́я dirt, pollution
bg грозя́ to uglify → bg грозоти́я ugliness, eyescore
bg гле́зя to spoil, to pamper → bg глезоти́я bratting, childish behaviour
bg бъ́ркам to stir → bg бъркоти́я chaos, mess
bg ня́мам to lack, to be devoid of → bg немоти́я penury
bg лига́вя се to slobber → bg лиготи́я drooling, childish behaviour
From abstract nouns:
bg вкус taste → bg вкусоти́я deliciousness
bg гнус disgust → bg гнусоти́я nastiness
bg срам shame → bg срамоти́я shamefulness
bg страх fear → bg страхоти́я horror
Declension
-оти́я<>
Related terms
bg -ория