krušec

See also: Krusec and Krušec

Czech

Etymology

From Old Czech krušec (“lump of a useful mineral, especially rock salt”), krušek, from kruch (“piece, chunk”), from Proto-Slavic *kruxъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kraušas, from Proto-Indo-European *krows-o-s, ultimately from *krews- (“to freeze, become hard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkruʃɛt͡s]
• Hyphenation: kru‧šec

Noun

krušec m inan

1. (obsolete) nodule (lump of mineral)

Declension

Declension of krušec (soft masculine inanimate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	krušec	krušce
genitive	krušce	krušců
dative	krušci	krušcům
accusative	krušec	krušce
vocative	krušci	krušce
locative	krušci	krušcích
instrumental	krušcem	krušci

Further reading

• “krušec”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “krušec”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Slovene

Etymology

From kruh +‎ -ec.

Noun

krušec m inan

1. diminutive of kruh.

Further reading

• “krušec”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran