-лък

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ـلق (-lık).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɫɤk]
Always becomes stressed when suffixing a term, e.g.:
- адвока́т (advokát) → адвокатлъ́к (advokatlǎ́k)

Suffix

-лък • (-lǎk)

-hood, -ship, -ery
1. attaches to a noun to form occupations or professions
2. attaches to a noun to form terms meaning “behaving characteristic of”

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