-дур

Bulgarian

Etymology

Probably from Turkish -dir, -dur (cf. Bulgarian чукунду́р (čukundúr, “beetroot”). Formally also matches Proto-Slavic *durь (“idiocity”).

Suffix

-дур • (-dur) m

  1. (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
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