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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *skǫpъ.
Pronunciation
Adjective
скъп • (skǎp) (adverb скъ́по)
- expensive, costly
- precious, highly valued (of merchandise)
- sparing, chary
- Synonyms: свидлив (svidliv), скръндзав (skrǎndzav)
- (figurative) dear, cherished (of people or creatures)
Declension
Comparative forms of скъп
Superlative forms of скъп
- 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)
- 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), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 817