кранта

Bulgarian

Etymology

Probably from an earlier *kornata, borrowed from Vulgar Latin carnātus (“meaty, scraggy”), perhaps relevelled to rhyme with native краста (krasta, “scabby”), клюста (kljusta, “unwieldy”) (also used as epithets for old equines).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkrantɐ]

Noun

кра́нта • (kránta) f

  1. (derogatory) crock, jade, nag (old, scraggy equine)
  2. (figurative) slender and clumsy woman

Declension

Declension of кра́нта
singular plural
indefinite кра́нта
kránta 		кра́нти
kránti
definite кра́нтата
krántata 		кра́нтите
krántite
vocative form кра́нто
kránto 		кра́нти
kránti

References

  • “кранта”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “кранта”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кранта”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 715

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