кърнак
Bulgarian
editEtymology
editOriginally an agent noun with meaning broken, cut one from the adjective Bulgarian крън (krǎn, “broken, scraggy”) (dialectally also pronounced as кърн (kǎrn)). Morphologically derived via the suffix -нак (-nak).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editкърна́к • (kǎrnák) m
- castrated male swine
- Synonym: ско́пен шопа́р (skópen šopár)
Declension
editDeclension of кърна́к
Alternative forms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- “кърнак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кърнак”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 214