Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krъnъ (whence also dialectal Russian ко́рный (kórnyj, short), Czech krniti (to cut), Romanian cârn (snub-nosed)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to cut off).[1] Cognate with Latvian kurls (deaf).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

kȑnj (definite kȑnjī, comparative kȑnjī, Cyrillic spelling кр̏њ)

  1. truncated, cut off
  2. incomplete
    krnji tekstincomplete text
  3. defective, damaged
    krnji zubbroken tooth
  4. idiomatic and figurative meanings
    krnji parlamen(a)ta rump parliament
    krnja rečenicaan elliptical sentence
    krnji stožac/konusa truncated cone

Declension edit

Quotations edit

References edit

  • krnj” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • krnj”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 3, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 81
  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “938-47”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 938-47