Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Church Slavonic кромѣ (kromě, outside, afar), a locative case of Proto-Slavic *kroma (edge, boundary). Partially reintroduced into the modern language from Russian кро́ме (króme).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈkrɔmɛ]
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Preposition edit

кро́ме (króme)

  1. (dialectal, rare) except for, aside from
    Synonym: осве́н (osvén)
  2. (dated) besides, moreover, other than
    Synonyms: о́ще (óšte), осве́н (osvén)
    а кро́меa krómeon top of, in addition
  3. (archaic) afar, outside
    Synonym: извън (izvǎn)

References edit

  • кроме”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кроме”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 18
  • кромѣ in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"

Russian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic кромѣ (kromě, outside), old locative case of крома́ (kromá, partition), from Proto-Slavic *kroma (edge, boundary).

Pronunciation edit

Preposition edit

кро́ме (króme) (+ genitive case)

  1. except, besides

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Ingrian: krome