отколкото

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Bulgarian

Etymology

от (ot) +‎ ко́лкото (kólkoto)

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Conjunction

отко́лкото • (otkólkoto)

  1. than
    по́-добре́ врабче́ в ръка́та, отко́лкото за́ек в гора́та
    pó-dobré vrabčé v rǎkáta, otkólkoto záek v goráta
    a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
    (literally, “better a sparrow in the hand than a rabbit in the forest”)

References

  • “отколкото”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “отколкото”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
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