Capitalisation
Compound Adjectives
INFO
Compound adjectives in which the two parts carry equal amounts of the overall meaning are written with a dash.
EXAMPLE
черно-бял, историко-географски, морално-етичен
Exception
сърбохърватски, глухоням, земноводен
INFO
Compound adjectives in which one part semantically depends on the other are written as one word.
EXAMPLE
староппланински, здравноосигурителна, литературохудожествен
INFO
Compound adjectives representing the names of geographic regions are written separately and each part is capitalised.
EXAMPLE
Капитан Андреево, Граф Игнатиево, Генерал Тошево
INFO
Compound adjectives which are derived from personal names and indicate a characteristic are written as one word without capitalisation.
EXAMPLE
елинпелински (стил), маркототевски (късмет), димчодебеляновски (лиризъм), отецпаисиевески (патриотизъм), ботевски (героизъм), славекойвски (модернизъм), яворовски (трагизъм)
INFO
The parts of compound adjectives which are derived from personal names and indicate possession are separated by a dash and each one is capitalised.
EXAMPLE
Иван-Вазова (творба), Димчо-Дебелянова (елегия), Ботево стихотворение, Вазов роман
Exception
If the first part is not a personal name, then it is not capitalised.
EXAMPLE
чорбаджи-Маркови (деца), дядо-Йоцов (поздрав)
Exception
If nevertheless the first part has become part of the name itself, then it is capitalised.
EXAMPLE
Бай-Ганьово (поведение)
INFO
If the first part of a compound adjective is a number written with digits, then the first part is separated from the rest via a dash.
EXAMPLE
45-годишен, 25-дневна, 15-етажен, 32-местен, 120-килограмов, 45-градусов
If the first part of a compound adjective is a single-word number written out with letters, then it is not written separately from the rest.
EXAMPLE
тридесетгодишен, петнайсететажен, деветдесетградусов
If the first part of a compound adjective is a multiple-word number written out with letters, then it is written separately from the rest.
EXAMPLE
седемдесет и пет годишен, четиридесет и осем местен