хрущял

Bulgarian

Etymology

By surface analysis, хру́скам (hrúskam, “to crunch”) +‎ -ял (-jal).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xroʃˈtʲa̟ɫ]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɫ

Noun

хрущя́л • (hruštjál) m (diminutive хрущя́лка)

1. (anatomy) gristle, cartilage (translucent and elastic supportive tissue)

Declension

Declension of хрущя́л

	singular	plural
indefinite	хрущя́л hruštjál	хрущя́ли hruštjáli
definite (subject form)	хрущя́лът hruštjálăt	хрущя́лите hruštjálite
definite (object form)	хрущя́ла hruštjála
count form	—	хрущя́ла hruštjála

References

• “хрущял”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “хрущял”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov; Тодор Панчев (1904), “хрущꙗ́лъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 511