скръжет

Bulgarian

Etymology

Cognate with Old Church Slavonic скрьжьтъ (skrĭžĭtŭ), скръжьтъ (skrŭžĭtŭ), of Proto-Slavic descent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈskrɤʒɛt]

Noun

скръ́жет • (skrǎ́žet) m (archaic)

1. squeak, creak
2. gnashing of teeth

Usage notes

Superseded within the modern language by its colloquial variant скръц (skrǎc).

Declension

Declension of скръ́жет

	singular	plural
indefinite	скръ́жет skrǎ́žet	скръ́жети skrǎ́žeti
definite (subject form)	скръ́жетът skrǎ́žetǎt	скръ́жетите skrǎ́žetite
definite (object form)	скръ́жета skrǎ́žeta
count form	—	скръ́жета skrǎ́žeta

Related forms

• скръ́гуцам (skrǎ́gucam, “to gnash, to grind one's teeth”) (dialectal)
• скръж (skrǎž), скръже́ц (skrǎžéc, “type of squeaking insect”) (dialectal)

References

• “скрьжьтъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025