кържа
Appearance
Bulgarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъrža, deverbal from *kъrgati (whence Slovene kŕgati (“to coagulate”)).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]къ́ржа • (kǎ́rža) m (relational adjective къ́ржав) (dialectal)
Declension
[edit]Declension of къ́ржа
Derived terms
[edit]- Кърджо (Kǎrdžo), Кържан (Kǎržan), Кържин (Kǎržin) (proper names, typically given to sickly animals)
- кържа́л (kǎržál), кръжля́к (krǎžlják, “grimy, grubby creature”) (dialectal)
- кръжли́в (krǎžlív, “gaunt, scraggy”) (usually of animals)
See also
[edit]- кръж (krǎž, “clump of floating ice”) (dialectal)
References
[edit]- “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