костура
Bulgarian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editThe Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary summarizes several hypotheses:
- per Trubachyov and Melnychuk, from the o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to scrape, comb”) + -tr-.
- per Skok and others - from Romanian custură (“blade, knife edge”).
- per Mladenov and others - from кост (kost, “bone”).
Noun
editкосту́ра • (kostúra) f (diminutive косту́рка) (archaic, dialectal)
- knife without a handle
- used, dull knife
- folding knife, pocketknife
Declension
editDeclension of косту́ра
singular | plural | |
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indefinite | косту́ра kostúra |
косту́ри kostúri |
definite | косту́рата kostúrata |
косту́рите kostúrite |
References
edit- “костура”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “костур, костура”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 666
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
editкосту́ра • (kostúra)
References
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