кържа
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Bulgarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъrža, deverbial from *kъrgati (whence Slovene kŕgati (“to coagulate”)).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
къ́ржа • (kǎ́rža) m (relational adjective къ́ржав) (dialectal)
Declension[edit]
Declension of къ́ржа
Derived terms[edit]
- Кърджо (Kǎrdžo), Кържан (Kǎržan), Кържин (Kǎržin) (proper names, typically given to sickly animals)
- кържа́л (kǎržál), кръжля́к (krǎžlják, “grimy, grubby creature”) (dialectal)
- кръжли́в (krǎžlív, “gaunt, scraggy”) (usually of animals)
See also[edit]
- кръж (krǎž, “clump of floating ice”) (dialectal)
References[edit]
- “кържа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кържа¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 222