скреж

Bulgarian

скреж

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *seržь (expected would be **среж), possibly merged with *skręga (“curtailment”) (whence Russian скря́га (skrjága, “cheapstake”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [skrɛʃ]

Noun

скреж • (skrež) m (relational adjective скре́жен, diminutive скре́жец)

1. hoar-frost
2. rime
3. (dialectal) stupefaction, numbness

   Synonyms: вцепенение (vcepenenie), изтръпналост (iztrǎpnalost)

Declension

Declension of скреж

	singular
indefinite	скреж skrež
definite (subject form)	скре́жът skréžǎt
definite (object form)	скре́жа skréža

Derived terms

• скрежа́ (skrežá) (causative-iterative)
• скрежа́вам се (skrežávam se) (essive)
• скре́жав (skréžav, “stingy”) (dialectal)

References

• “скреж”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “скрежь”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 177
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “скреж”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 792