MAIN SEMANTIC REALISATIONS OF THE PRESENT PASSIVE PARTICIPLE IN CONTEMPORARY BULGARIAN LANGUAGE – THE MEANINGS PASSIVITY AND POSSIBILITY

Abstract

The present article is part of a larger scientific study which examines the participle system of Modern Bulgarian, with a specific focus on the deverbatives ending in the suffix -m/-em. These are commonly referred to as Present Passive Participles, a status that remains unresolved in contemporary Bulgarian linguistics. The aim of this research is to illustrate the main semantic realisations of the Present Passive Participle – passivity and possibility. To achieve this, a classification of the deverbatives ending in the suffix -m/-em is presented based on the semantics they convey. Additionally, criteria for identifying whether these deverbal formations function as participles or as adjectives are outlined.