Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

Formally equivalent to кра́са (krása, beauty) (archaic) +‎ -ат (-at), but semantically questionable. Per St. Mladenov, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to cut).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

краса́т (krasát)

  1. (dialectal) acidulous, sour (for fruit)
    Synonym: възки́сел (vǎzkísel)

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References edit

  • красат”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “красат”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 718