krušec

See also: Krusec and Krušec

Czech

Etymology

From Old Czech krušec (“lump of a useful mineral, especially rock salt”), krušek, from kruch (“piece, chunk”), from Proto-Slavic *kruxъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kraušas, from Proto-Indo-European *krows-o-s, ultimately from *krews- (“to freeze, become hard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkruʃɛt͡s]
• Hyphenation: kru‧šec

Noun

krušec m inan

1. (obsolete) nodule (lump of mineral)

Declension

Declension of krušec (soft masculine inanimate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	krušec	krušce
genitive	krušce	krušců
dative	krušci	krušcům
accusative	krušec	krušce
vocative	krušci	krušce
locative	krušci	krušcích
instrumental	krušcem	krušci

Related terms

• Krušné hory

 

Further reading

• “krušec”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “krušec”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Old Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈkruʃɛt͡s/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈkruʃɛt͡s/

Noun

krušec m inan

1. lump of mineral, especially rock salt

Declension

Declension of krušec (soft o-stem reducible)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	krušec	krušcě	krušci, krušcové
genitive	krušcě	krušcú	krušcóv
dative	krušcu	krušcoma	krušcóm
accusative	krušec	krušcě	krušcě
vocative	krušcu	krušcě	krušci, krušcové
locative	krušci, krušcu	krušcú	krušcích
instrumental	krušcem	krušcoma	krušci

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• Czech: krušec

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “krušec”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
• Vladimír Šmilauer, Jaroslav Kuchař, and Slavomír Utěšený (1972) Čeština všední i nevšední, Prague: Academia, page 448

Slovene

Etymology

From kruh +‎ -ec.

Noun

krušec m inan

1. (dated) diminutive of kruh

Further reading

• “krušec”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024