тънък

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic тьнъкъ (tĭnŭkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *tьnъkъ. Akin to English thin, tight.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɤnɐk]

Adjective

тъ́нък • (tǎ́nǎk) (diminutive тъ́ничък, adverb тъ́нко, abstract noun тъ́нкост)

1. thin, fine, delicate
2. slender, slim
3. sleazy (of cloth)
4. high, high-pitched, small, shrill (of a sound or voice)
5. keen, acute of mind
6. faint, subtle
7. fine-drawn, nice
8. astute, shrewd
9. discriminating (of taste, judgment)

Declension

Positive forms of тъ́нък

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	тъ́нък tǎ́nǎk	тъ́нка tǎ́nka	тъ́нко tǎ́nko	тъ́нки tǎ́nki
definite (subject form)	тъ́нкият tǎ́nkijat	тъ́нката tǎ́nkata	тъ́нкото tǎ́nkoto	тъ́нките tǎ́nkite
definite (object form)	тъ́нкия tǎ́nkija

Comparative forms of тъ́нък

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	по́-тъ́нък pó-tǎ́nǎk	по́-тъ́нка pó-tǎ́nka	по́-тъ́нко pó-tǎ́nko	по́-тъ́нки pó-tǎ́nki
definite (subject form)	по́-тъ́нкият pó-tǎ́nkijat	по́-тъ́нката pó-tǎ́nkata	по́-тъ́нкото pó-tǎ́nkoto	по́-тъ́нките pó-tǎ́nkite
definite (object form)	по́-тъ́нкия pó-tǎ́nkija

Superlative forms of тъ́нък

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	на́й-тъ́нък náj-tǎ́nǎk	на́й-тъ́нка náj-tǎ́nka	на́й-тъ́нко náj-tǎ́nko	на́й-тъ́нки náj-tǎ́nki
definite (subject form)	на́й-тъ́нкият náj-tǎ́nkijat	на́й-тъ́нката náj-tǎ́nkata	на́й-тъ́нкото náj-tǎ́nkoto	на́й-тъ́нките náj-tǎ́nkite
definite (object form)	на́й-тъ́нкия náj-tǎ́nkija

Alternative forms

• те́нък (ténǎk), те́нок (ténok) — dialectal

Derived terms

• възтъ́нък (vǎztǎ́nǎk, “overly thin”)
• тъ́нчае (tǎ́nčae, “at the very least”) (historical)

Related terms

• изтъня́вам (iztǎnjávam, “to thin”)
• тъ́ност (tǎ́nost, “thinness”) (archaic)
• те́нзор (ténzor, “tensor”) (of Latin origin)

References

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