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кърнак

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Originally an agent noun with meaning broken, cut one from the adjective Bulgarian крън (krǎn, broken, scraggy) (dialectally also pronounced as кърн (kǎrn)). Morphologically derived via the suffix -нак (-nak).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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кърна́к (kǎrnákm

  1. castrated male swine
    Synonym: ско́пен шопа́р (skópen šopár)

Declension

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Alternative forms

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References

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  • кърнак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кърнак”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 214