кутсуз

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قوتسز (kutsız, “unlucky”).

Oftentimes, wrongly written as **куцу́с (**kucús) because of its phonetic and semantic resemblance to native Bulgarian куц (kuc, “limping”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [koˈtsus]

Adjective

кутсу́з • (kutsúz)

  1. unfortunate, unlucky, hapless, badly developed
    Synonym: злополу́чен (zlopolúčen)
    кутсу́з пъту́ване ― kutsúz pǎtúvane ― hapless travel, adventure
    кутсу́з ра́бота ― kutsúz rábota ― badly done work

Declension

Undeclinable

Derived terms

  • ку́тсузлък (kútsuzlǎk, “bad luck”)

References

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