троха

Bulgarian

Etymology

Probably expressive variant of Proto-Slavic *troska, cognate with Macedonian троа (troa, “very small, little”) (adj.), Czech troska (“wreckage”).

Noun

троха́ • (trohá) f (diminutive троши́ца)

1. crumb, bit (small piece of biscuit, cake, etc)

   Synonym: (dialectal) крух (kruh)

Declension

Declension of троха́

	singular	plural
indefinite	троха́ trohá	трохи́ trohí
definite	троха́та troháta	трохи́те trohíte

Related terms

• троша́ (trošá, “to crush, to crumble”)
  • тро́шка (tróška, “crumb”)
  • трошля́к (trošlják, “fragment”)
• трошли́в (trošlív, “friable, crumbly”)

References

• “троха”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “троха”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010