кратуна
Bulgarian
Etymology
Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary presumes a borrowing from a Balkan Latin contamination of Latin cortīna (“couldron”) and lagūna (“narrow-necked vessel”). The later gives the scientific name of the genus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [krɐˈtunɐ]
- Rhymes: -una
Noun
крату́на • (kratúna) f (diminutive крату́нка)
- gourd, cucurbit (plant of genus Lagenaria, within the Cucurbitaceae family)
- (figurative) nob, pate (derogatory word for head)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | крату́на kratúna |
крату́ни kratúni |
| definite | крату́ната kratúnata |
крату́ните kratúnite |
Alternative forms
- карту́на (kartúna), крачу́на (kračúna) — dialectal
Derived terms
adjectives
- крату́нест (kratúnest)
- крату́нков (kratúnkov)
References
- “кратуна”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “кратуна”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1897) “крату́на”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 411
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кратуна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 722