скръкав

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *sъkъrkъ (bottleneck) +‎ -ав (-av) with semantic shift tight as bottleneck → squeezed → stingy.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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скръ́кав (skrǎ́kav)

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of скъ́рчав (skǎ́rčav, stingy)

Declension

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  • крък (krǎk, neck) (dialectal)

References

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  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “скръбав”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 805