Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krętati.

Verb

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кре́там (krétam) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective кре́тна)

  1. (intransitive) to trudge, to tramp with heavy steps (due to exhaustion or encountered hindrance)
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to struggle, to live from hand to mouth
    едва кретам (idiom)edva kretamto barely make the ends meet
  3. (transitive, dialectal) to lift, to elevate [something] with great effort

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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

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