троха

Bulgarian

Etymology

Probably expressive variant of Proto-Slavic *troska, cognate with Macedonian троа (troa, “very small, little”) (adj.), Czech troska (“wreckage”).

Noun

троха̀ • (trohà) f

1. crumb, bit (small piece of biscuit, cake, etc)

   Synonym: криха (kriha)

Related terms

• троша (troša, “to crush, to crumble”)
  • трошка (troška, “little bit”)
• строшен (strošen, “crushed”)
• трошлив (trošliv, “friable, crumbly”)
• трошица (trošica) (diminutive)

References

• “троха”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014