само-

Definitions

1. 1.
   solo- (alone, only by oneself)

   • стоен (stoen, “standing”) → самостоен (samostoen, “isolated, standing by itself”) битен (biten, “existential”) → самобитен (samobiten, “distinctive, existing by itself”)

   • цел (cel, “goal”) → самоцел (samocel, “isolated goal”) обучение (obučenie, “education”) → самообучение (samoobučenie, “self-education, studying alone”)

2. 2.
   auto- (unassisted, on one's own)

   • движен (dvižen, “driving, mobile”) → самодвижен (samodvižen, “automatic”) ходен (hoden, “walking”) → самоходен (samohoden, “automobile”)

   • тек (tek, “current, flow”) → самотек (samotek, “inertia, autoflow”) воз (voz, “vehicle”) → самовоз (samovoz, “automobile”)

3. 3.
   self-, sui- (onto oneself)

   • отвържен (otvǎržen, “cast, ejected”) (dialectal) → самоотвържен (samootvǎržen, “selfless, self-rejecting”) зает (zaet, “employed”) → самозает (samozaet, “self-employed”)

   • защита (zaštita, “defense”) → самозащита (samozaštita, “self-defense”) деец (deec, “agent, activist”) → самодеец (samodeec, “amateur, self-made man”)

4. 4.
   Added to the names of mythological/supernatural entities

   • вила (vila, “nymph”) → самовила (samovila, “nymph”)

   • дива (diva, “fairy, nymph”) → самодива (samodiva, “nymph”)

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