крена

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kręnǫti.

• IPA^(key):

кре́на • (kréna) first-singular present indicative, pf (imperfective кре́вам) (dialectal)

1. (intransitive)
   1. to move with difficulties, to trudge, to drag
   2. to be about to depart, advance
2. (transitive)
   1. to perturb, to cause to move or raise slightly
   2. to lift, to raise a little
3. (reflexive with се) to pass through a difficult situation, to proceed

• Western dialects tend to bear the meaning “to lift, to raise”.
• Eastern dialects, on the other hand, convey a meaning closer to “to struggle moving, to toil”.

• кре́тна (krétna)

• кре́там (krétam, “to trudge”)
• кре́я (kréja, “to wane, to dwindle”) (dialectal)

• “крена”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кревам, крена”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 787

• IPA^(key):

кре́на • (kréna) m inan

1. genitive singular of крен (kren)