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Bulgarian
Etymology
Per BER, probably from dialectal клюсé (kljusé, “clumsy workhorse”) + -ста (-sta) (with same ending as Bulgarian кра́ста (krásta, “scabby”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
клю́ста • (kljústa) f (relational adjective клю́став)
- (derogatory) crock, jade, nag (old, shabby equine)
Краста с краста, клюста с клюста. (idiom)- Krasta s krasta, kljusta s kljusta.
- Everyone should know their place.
- (literally, “A jade with a jade, a nag with a nag.”)
Declension
Related terms
- клюп (kljup), клюс (kljus, “noose, loop (for impediment of farm animals)”) (dialectal)
References
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “клюста²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 487
- Nayden Gerov (1897) “клю́ста”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 377