Pirdop dialect

The Pirdop dialect is a

Phonological and morphological characteristics

• Vowel a for Old Church Slavonic ѫ (yus) and ъ (back yer) in a stressed syllable and ъ (ə) in an unstressed syllable: маж vs. formal Bulgarian мъж (man), сан vs. formal Bulgarian сън (sleep), but мъ'жа vs. formal Bulgarian мъ'жът (the man)
• Verb ending -a instead of formal Bulgarian -ъ in a stressed syllable and a half-reduced -a in an unstressed syllable in verbs of the first and second conjugation: чет'а vs. formal Bulgarian чет'ъ (I read)
• ръ (rə) and лъ(lə) for Old Church Slavonic groups ръ/рь and лъ/ль versus formal Bulgarian ръ/ър (rə/ər) and лъ/ъл (lə/əl): дръво, слъза instead of formal Bulgarian дърво, сълза (tree, tear).
• Ending e instead of formal Bulgarian i for multi-syllable masculine nouns (българе instead of българи)
• The masculine definite article is -a in a stressed syllable and a half-reduced -a in an unstressed syllable - кра'ка (the leg)

Most of the other phonological and morphological characteristics of the Pirdop dialect are similar to the general features typical for all

Sources

Стойков, Стойко: Българска диалектология, Акад. изд. "Проф. Марин Дринов", 2006 [1]