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), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 279