-ваем

Bulgarian Etymology From bg sla-pro *-vajemъ, present passive participle ending of va-conjugation verbs. In Modern Bulgarian, the derivatives constructed with this suffix are interpreted as normal adjectives. Pronunciation -ваем [KK] Suffix bg suffix bg productive suffix Deverbal from transitive verbs in va-conjugation, forms adjectives expressing capacity, susceptibility, eventuality, or condition: -able bg надувам to blow up, inflate → bg надуваем inflatable bg откривам to find → bg откриваем detectable bg узнавам to learn, to figure out → bg узнаваем recognizable bg продавам to sell → bg продаваем saleable bg obsolete Deverbal from transitive verbs in ova-conjugation, forms adjectives expressing capacity, susceptibility, eventuality, or condition: -able bg прониквам to penetrate → bg проникваем penetrable, permeable bg сгъвам сгъ(б)вам to fold → bg сгъваем foldable bg покупвам to purchase → bg покупваем purchasable bg очаквам to expect → bg очакваем expectable Usage notes Historically, the expected present passive participle of verbs in bg -вам (from Common Slavic *ova-conjugation) is bg -уем. The alternative bg -ваем is generalized by the historical va-conjugation. Alternative forms bg -уем Derived terms bg bg -ваемост Related terms bg -ом bg -аем bg -им bg -яем References St. Stoyanov Прилагателни имена от причастия Граматика на съвременния български книжовен език 2 1983 150 Bulgarian Academy of Sciences