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Bulgarian
Etymology
Originally an agent noun with meaning broken, cut one from the adjective Bulgarian крън (krǎn, “broken, scraggy”) (dialectally also pronounced as кърн (kǎrn)). Morphologically derived via the suffix -нак (-nak).
Pronunciation
Noun
кърна́к • (kǎrnák) m
- castrated male swine
- Synonym: ско́пен шопа́р (skópen šopár)
Declension
References
- “кърнак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кърнак”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 214