-дур
Bulgarian
Etymology
Probably from Turkish -dir, -dur (cf. Bulgarian чукунду́р (čukundúr, “beetroot”). Formally also matches Proto-Slavic *durь (“idiocity”).
Suffix
-дур • (-dur) m
- (colloquial) Forms pejorative agent nouns.
- се́лянин (séljanin, “villager”) → селянду́р (seljandúr, “yokel, boor”)
- тъ́пан (tǎ́pan, “drum”) → тъпанду́р (tǎpandúr, “dumphead”)
Inflection
Inflection of -дур
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | -дур | -дури |
| definite | -дурът | -дурите |
| vocative form | -дуре | -дури |