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Bulgarian
Etymology
By surface analysis, кора́ (korá, “bark, crust”) + -ав (-av), literally meaning “stiff like crust”.
Adjective
кора́в • (koráv) (diminutive кора́вичък)
- rigid, firm, sturdy, stiff
- (including figuratively) stern, tough, wholesome
- кораво дърво (literally) ― koravo dǎrvo ― a stern wood
- корав човек (figuratively) ― korav čovek ― a tough person
Declension
Comparative forms of кора́в
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References
- “корав”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “корав”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1897) “кора́вꙑй; -въ, -ва, -во”, 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 398
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “корав”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 627