кранта
Bulgarian edit
Etymology edit
Probably from an earlier *kornata, borrowed from Vulgar Latin carnātus (“meaty, scraggy”), perhaps relevelled to rhyme with native краста (krasta, “scabby”), клюста (kljusta, “unwieldy”) (also used as epithets for old equines).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
кра́нта • (kránta) f
- (derogatory) crock, jade, nag (old, scraggy equine)
- (figurative) slender and clumsy woman
Declension edit
Declension of кра́нта
References edit
- “кранта”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “кранта”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кранта”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 715