-отия

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-otьja, cognate with Macedonian -отија (-otija). Equivalent to -ота (-ota) +‎ -ия (-ija).

Suffix

-отия • (-otija)

1. Derives abstract or collective nouns with expressive connotation: -ity, -ness

   From adjectives:

   лош (loš, “bad”) → лошоти́я (lošotíja, “malice, evilness”)

   прост (prost, “stupid”) → простоти́я (prostotíja, “stupidity”)

   гол (gol, “naked”) → голоти́я (golotíja, “nudity”)

   див (div, “wild”) → дивоти́я (divotíja, “wild behaviour”)

   бе́ден (béden, “poor”) → бедноти́я (bednotíja, “poverty”)

   мъ́чен (mǎ́čen, “painful, difficult”) → мъчноти́я (mǎčnotíja, “hardship”)

   From (causative/iterative) verbs:

   мъ́рся (mǎ́rsja, “to pollute”) → мръсоти́я (mrǎsotíja, “dirt, pollution”)

   грозя́ (grozjá, “to uglify”) → грозоти́я (grozotíja, “ugliness, eyescore”)

   гле́зя (glézja, “to spoil, to pamper”) → глезоти́я (glezotíja, “bratting, childish behaviour”)

   бъ́ркам (bǎ́rkam, “to stir”) → бъркоти́я (bǎrkotíja, “chaos, mess”)

   ня́мам (njámam, “to lack, to be devoid of”) → немоти́я (nemotíja, “penury”)

   лига́вя се (ligávja se, “to slobber”) → лиготи́я (ligotíja, “drooling, childish behaviour”)

   From abstract nouns:

   вкус (vkus, “taste”) → вкусоти́я (vkusotíja, “deliciousness”)

   гнус (gnus, “disgust”) → гнусоти́я (gnusotíja, “nastiness”)

   срам (sram, “shame”) → срамоти́я (sramotíja, “shamefulness”)

   страх (strah, “fear”) → страхоти́я (strahotíja, “horror”)

Declension

Declension of -оти́я

	singular	plural
indefinite	-оти́я -otíja	-оти́и -otíi
definite	-оти́ята -otíjata	-оти́ите -otíite

Related terms

• -ория (-orija)