-лък

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ـلق (-lık).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɫɤk]
• Always becomes stressed when suffixing a term, e.g.:
  • адвока́т (advokát) → адвокатлъ́к (advokatlǎ́k)

Suffix

-лък • (-lǎk)

1. -hood, -ship, -ery
   1. attaches to a noun to form occupations or professions
   2. attaches to a noun to form terms meaning “behaving characteristic of”