клюста
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Bulgarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Per BER, probably from dialectal клюсé (kljusé, “clumsy workhorse”) + -ста (-sta) (with same ending as Bulgarian кра́ста (krásta, “scabby”)).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]клю́ста • (kljústa) f (relational adjective клю́став)
- (derogatory) crock, jade, nag (old, shabby equine)
- Краста с краста, клюста с клюста. (idiom)
- Krasta s krasta, kljusta s kljusta.
- Everyone should know their place.
- (literally, “A jade [should be] with a jade, a nag [should be] with a nag.”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of клю́ста
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “клюста²”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 487
- Nayden Gerov (1897) “клю́ста”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ.[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 377