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Bulgarian
Etymology
Probably from an earlier *kornata, borrowed from Vulgar Latin carnātus (“meaty, scraggy”), perhaps relevelled to rhyme with native краста (krasta, “scabby”), клюста (kljusta, “unwieldy”) (also used as epithets for old equines).
Pronunciation
Noun
кра́нта • (kránta) f
- (derogatory) crock, jade, nag (old, scraggy equine)
- (figurative) slender and clumsy woman
Declension
References
- “кранта”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “кранта”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кранта”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 715
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