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Bulgarian
Etymology
Per Mladenov (favoured by BER, but considered with reservations by Vasmer), probably related to Bulgarian скре́жав (skréžav, “stingy”), Russian скря́га (skrjága, “cheapskate”), presumably from hypothetical Proto-Slavic *skręga. Superficially, could also reflect скърна́ (skǎrná, “disgrace”) + -за (-za).
Pronunciation
Noun
скръ́ндза • (skrǎ́ndza) m (relational adjective скръ́ндзав)
- (colloquial) scrooge, cheapskate, stingy person
- Synonyms: скъпе́рник (skǎpérnik), сти́пца (stípca)
- Не бъди скръ́ндза! ― Ne bǎdi skrǎ́ndza! ― Don't be stingy!
Declension
- скре́жав (skréžav, “stingy”)
- скъ́рчав (skǎ́rčav, “stingy”)
- скърна́ (skǎrná, “stain, dirt; hemorrhage; disgraceful behavior, infamy”) (dialectal)
- скърня́ (skǎrnjá, “to trim, to cut umbilical cord”) (dialectal, doublet of Russian borrowing скверня́ (skvernjá, “to dishonor”))
- скърна́в (skǎrnáv, “skittish, capricious, malicious”)
References
- “скръндза”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “скръндза”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “скръндза”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 708