клюста

Bulgarian edit

Per BER, probably from dialectal клюсé (kljusé, “clumsy workhorse”) +‎ -ста (-sta) (with same ending as Bulgarian кра́ста (krásta, “scabby”)).

клю́ста • (kljústa) f (relational adjective клю́став)

(derogatory) crock, jade, nag (old, shabby equine)
Краста с краста, клюста с клюста. (idiom)
Krasta s krasta, kljusta s kljusta.
Everyone should know their place.
(literally, “A jade [should be] with a jade, a nag [should be] with a nag.”)

Declension of клю́ста

	singular	plural
indefinite	клю́ста kljústa	клю́сти kljústi
definite	клю́стата kljústata	клю́стите kljústite

клюп (kljup), клюс (kljus, “noose, loop (for impediment of farm animals)”) (dialectal)

Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “клюста²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 487
Nayden Gerov (1897) “клю́ста”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 377