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кържа

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъrža, deverbal from *kъrgati (whence Slovene kŕgati (to coagulate)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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къ́ржа (kǎ́ržam (relational adjective къ́ржав) (dialectal)

  1. solidified mire, grime, dirt

Declension

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Derived terms

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See also

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  • кръж (krǎž, clump of floating ice) (dialectal)

References

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  • кържа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кържа¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 222