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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъrčь.
Pronunciation
Noun
кърч • (kǎrč) m
- (obsolete) cramp
- (by specialization) neurological disease, affliction which affects sheep and other livestock
Declension
Declension of кърч
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singular
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indefinite
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кърч kǎrč
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definite (subject form)
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къ́рчът kǎ́rčǎt
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definite (object form)
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къ́рча kǎ́rča
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Derived terms
- кърченя́сам (kǎrčenjásam, “to get a cramp”) (dialectal)
- кърча́н (kǎrčán) (augmentative, dialectal)
- къ́рчав (kǎ́rčav, “stingy”) (dialectal)
- кърча́вица (kǎrčávica, “neurological disease”) (dialectal)
- кърк (kǎrk, “turning part, neck”) (dialectal)
- кърча́г (kǎrčág, “old-fashioned jug”) (possibly)
References
- Nayden Gerov (1897) “крьчь”, 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 425
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кърч”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 222