скъп

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *skǫpъ.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

скъп • (skǎp) (adverb скъ́по)

1. expensive, costly
2. precious, highly valued (of merchandise)
3. sparing, chary

   Synonyms: свидлив (svidliv), скръндзав (skrǎndzav)

4. (figurative) dear, cherished (of people or creatures)

Declension

Alternative forms

• скуп (skup), скап (skap) — with dialectal reflexes of Proto-Slavic -ǫ-

Derived terms

• скъпя́ (skǎpjá, “to set a high price”) (causative-iterative)
• скъпе́ц (skǎpéc), скъпчия (skǎpčija, “vendor who sells at high prices”)
• скъпя́р (skǎpjár) / скъпя́рин (skǎpjárin, “niggard”) (dialectal)
  • скъпе́рник m (skǎpérnik), скъпе́рница f (skǎpérnica) (standard)
• скъ́пльо m (skǎ́pljo), скъ́пла f (skǎ́pla, “skinflint”) (colloquial)
• скъ́пост (skǎ́post, “avarice”) (obsolete)
• скъпота́ (skǎpotá), скъпоти́я (skǎpotíja, “state of high prices or costs of living”)
• скъ́пен (skǎ́pen), скъпли́в (skǎplív) (secondary adjectives, dialectal/obsolete)

References

• “скъп”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “скъп”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “скѫ́пъ, -а, -о”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 184
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “скъп”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 817