-евш

From Proto-Slavic *-ěvъšь with e-kavian pronunciation of earlier -ě-, past active participle ending of ě- and ě/i-conj. verbs.

• IPA^(key): [-ɛfʃ]

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-евш • (-evš)

1. (dated, obsolete) Deverbal from ě-conj. verbs expressing a resultant or a quality induced by a past activity:

   старе́я (staréja, “to get older”) → старе́вш (starévš, “senile”) (obsolete)

   вилне́я (vilnéja, “to run amock”) → вилня́вш (vilnjávš, “inducing rage, amock”) (obsolete)

2. (dated, obsolete) Deverbal from ě/i-conj. verbs expressing a resultant or a quality induced by a past activity:

   потърпя́ (potǎrpjá, “to endure”) → потърпе́вш (potǎrpévš, “sufferer”)

   летя́ (letjá, “to fly”) → летя́вш (letjávš, “formerly flying”) (obsolete)

In Modern Bulgarian, the derivatives constructed with this suffix are interpreted as normal adjectives. The past active participle construction has been lost.

• -явш (-javš) — with ja-kavian pronunciation of earlier -ě-
• -ев (-ev), -яв (-jav) — regular, without emphatic -ш

• -вш (-vš), -в (-v)
• -авш (-avš), -ав (-av)
• -ивш (-ivš), -ив (-iv)
• -явш (-javš), -яв (-jav)

• St. Stoyanov (1983) “Прилагателни имена от причастия”, in Граматика на съвременния български книжовен език, volume 2, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 150