кратуна

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Bulgarian

плод на кратуна

Etymology

Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary presumes a borrowing from a Balkan Latin contamination of Latin cortīna (couldron) and lagūna (narrow-necked vessel). The later gives the scientific name of the genus.

Pronunciation

Noun

крату́на (kratúnaf (diminutive крату́нка)

  1. gourd, cucurbit (plant of genus Lagenaria, within the Cucurbitaceae family)
  2. (figurative) nob, pate (derogatory word for head)

Declension

Declension of крату́на
singular plural
indefinite крату́на
kratúna
крату́ни
kratúni
definite крату́ната
kratúnata
крату́ните
kratúnite

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