кръж

Bulgarian

Etymology

Probably related to къ́ржа (kǎ́rža, “grime”), originally implying “coagulation”.

Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary quotes Sławski, who alternatively derives it from Proto-Slavic *krǫžь (“something round”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [krɤʃ]

Noun

кръж • (krǎž) f (dialectal)

1. clump of floating ice

Declension

Declension of кръж

	singular	plural
indefinite	кръж krǎž	кръ́жьове krǎ́žjove
definite (subject form)	кръ́жят krǎ́žjat	кръ́жьовете krǎ́žjovete
definite (object form)	кръ́жя krǎ́žja
count form	—	кръ́жя krǎ́žja

References

• “кръж”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1897) “крьжь”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 421
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кръж”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 41