скреж
Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *seržь (expected would be **среж), possibly merged with *skręga (“curtailment”) (whence Russian скря́га (skrjága, “cheapstake”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [skrɛʃ]
Noun
скреж • (skrež) m (relational adjective скре́жен, diminutive скре́жец)
- hoar-frost
- rime
- (dialectal) stupefaction, numbness
- Synonyms: вцепенение (vcepenenie), изтръпналост (iztrǎpnalost)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | скреж skrež |
| definite (subject form) |
скре́жът skréžǎt |
| definite (object form) |
скре́жа skréža |
Derived terms
- скрежа́ (skrežá) (causative-iterative)
- скрежа́вам се (skrežávam se) (essive)
- скре́жав (skréžav, “stingy”) (dialectal)
References
- “скреж”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “скрежь”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 177
- Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “скреж”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 792