ковък

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kovъkъ. By surface analysis, ко́ва (kóva, “to hew, forge”) +‎ -ък (-ǎk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔvɐk]

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

ко́вък • (kóvǎk) (abstract noun ко́вкост)

1. ductile, malleable

Declension

Positive forms of ко́вък

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	ко́вък kóvǎk	ко́вка kóvka	ко́вко kóvko	ко́вки kóvki
definite (subject form)	ко́вкият kóvkijat	ко́вката kóvkata	ко́вкото kóvkoto	ко́вките kóvkite
definite (object form)	ко́вкия kóvkija

Comparative forms of ко́вък

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	по́-ко́вък pó-kóvǎk	по́-ко́вка pó-kóvka	по́-ко́вко pó-kóvko	по́-ко́вки pó-kóvki
definite (subject form)	по́-ко́вкият pó-kóvkijat	по́-ко́вката pó-kóvkata	по́-ко́вкото pó-kóvkoto	по́-ко́вките pó-kóvkite
definite (object form)	по́-ко́вкия pó-kóvkija

Superlative forms of ко́вък

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	на́й-ко́вък náj-kóvǎk	на́й-ко́вка náj-kóvka	на́й-ко́вко náj-kóvko	на́й-ко́вки náj-kóvki
definite (subject form)	на́й-ко́вкият náj-kóvkijat	на́й-ко́вката náj-kóvkata	на́й-ко́вкото náj-kóvkoto	на́й-ко́вките náj-kóvkite
definite (object form)	на́й-ко́вкия náj-kóvkija

Related terms

• кова́ч (kováč, “smith”)

References

• “ковък”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “ковък”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010