креват

Bulgarian

легло креват

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek κρεβάτι (kreváti), probably ultimately from Ancient Macedonian *γράβος (grabos, “oak”). If correct, then related to native Bulgarian га́бър (gábǎr, “hornbeam”) (reanalyzed from an earlier *grabrъ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [krɛˈvat]
• Rhymes: -at

Noun

крева́т • (krevát) m (diminutive крева́тче)

1. wooden bed with legs

Declension

Declension of крева́т

	singular	plural
indefinite	крева́т krevát	крева́ти kreváti
definite (subject form)	крева́тът krevátǎt	крева́тите krevátite
definite (object form)	крева́та kreváta
count form	—	крева́та kreváta

Alternative forms

• креве́т (krevét) — obsolete, borrowed from Ottoman Turkish

Coordinate terms

• легло́ (legló), ло́же (lóže, “bed, resting place”) (generic term)
• о́дър (ódǎr, “plank bed”)
• дива́н (diván, “sofa, divan”)
• куше́тка (kušétka, “couch”)
• минде́р (mindér, “seat, coach”)

References

• “креват”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “креват”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010