Systemic Paradigmatic Relations Between Bulgarian and Russian Lexis
Table 1: Types of Paradigmatic Relations between Russian and Bulgarian Lexis (Relative Numbers)
| Types of Paradigmatic Relations | Percentage |
| words with partly overlapping exponents and close or identical meanings | 32 |
| words with completely different forms and meanings | 15 |
| words with the same or similar exponent, but different stylistic registers | 14 |
| crosslinguistic equivalents | 14 |
| metonymical relations | 9 |
| hierarchical relations | 6 |
| metaphorical relations | 4 |
| enantiosemic relations | 4 |
| partitive relations | 2 |