Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krǫtъ, with some of the meanings influenced by Russian круто́й (krutój, drastic).

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  • IPA(key): [krut]
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крут (krut) (adverb кру́то, abstract noun кру́тост or крутина́)

  1. (obsolete) rough, rugged, coarse
    Synonym: груб (grub)
  2. (figurative) abrupt, sharp, severe
  3. (literary, borrowed from Russian) drastic, extreme, harsh
    кру́ти ме́ркиkrúti mérkidrastic measures

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References

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  • крут”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • крут”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “крут”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 29

Macedonian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krǫtъ.

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крут (krut) (comparative покрут, superlative најкрут, abstract noun крутост)

  1. stiff, inflexible, rigid
  2. rough, coarse (material)
  3. (figurative) curt, cruel, merciless

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Russian

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крут (krut)

  1. short masculine singular of круто́й (krutój)

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krǫtъ.

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кру̑т (Latin spelling krȗt, definite кру̑тӣ, comparative кру̏ћӣ)

  1. hard, stiff, numb
  2. strict, rigid, stern

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