ровък

Bulgarian

Etymology

Disputed:

  • According to St. Mladenov: From ров (rov, “ditch”) +‎ -ък (-ǎk), originally meaning digable, delvable.
  • According to Skok: Reanalyzed from Ancient Greek ῥοφτός (rhophtós), ῥοπτός (rhoptós). Compare Bulgarian ро́фет (rófet), ро́вит (róvit, “unboiled egg”) (dialectal).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈrɔvɐk]

Adjective

ро́вък • (róvǎk) (abstract noun ро́вкост)

  1. (dialectal) friable, crumbly (for soil)
    Synonyms: трошли́в (trošlív), ронли́в (ronlív), си́пкав (sípkav)
  2. (figurative) softly boiled (for egg)
    Synonym: ро́хък (róhǎk)

Declension
Positive forms of ро́вък
masculine feminine neuter plural
indefinite ро́вък
róvǎk		 ро́вка
róvka		 ро́вко
róvko		 ро́вки
róvki
definite
(subject form)		 ро́вкият
róvkijat		 ро́вката
róvkata		 ро́вкото
róvkoto		 ро́вките
róvkite
definite
(object form)		 ро́вкия
róvkija
Comparative forms of ро́вък
masculine feminine neuter plural
indefinite по́-ро́вък
pó-róvǎk		 по́-ро́вка
pó-róvka		 по́-ро́вко
pó-róvko		 по́-ро́вки
pó-róvki
definite
(subject form)		 по́-ро́вкият
pó-róvkijat		 по́-ро́вката
pó-róvkata		 по́-ро́вкото
pó-róvkoto		 по́-ро́вките
pó-róvkite
definite
(object form)		 по́-ро́вкия
pó-róvkija
Superlative forms of ро́вък
masculine feminine neuter plural
indefinite на́й-ро́вък
náj-róvǎk		 на́й-ро́вка
náj-róvka		 на́й-ро́вко
náj-róvko		 на́й-ро́вки
náj-róvki
definite
(subject form)		 на́й-ро́вкият
náj-róvkijat		 на́й-ро́вката
náj-róvkata		 на́й-ро́вкото
náj-róvkoto		 на́й-ро́вките
náj-róvkite
definite
(object form)		 на́й-ро́вкия
náj-róvkija

References
  • “ровък”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “ровък”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “ровък, ровка, ровко”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 279
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