скърчав

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Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sъkъrkъ (“bottleneck”) +‎ -яв (-jav) with semantic shift tight as bottleneck → squeezed → stingy.

Pronunciation

Adjective

скъ́рчав • (skǎ́rčav)

  1. (dialectal) stingy
    Synonyms: сти́снат (stísnat), скре́жав (skréžav)

Declension

Positive forms of скъ́рчав
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
indefinite скъ́рчав
skǎ́rčav 		скъ́рчава
skǎ́rčava 		скъ́рчаво
skǎ́rčavo 		скъ́рчави
skǎ́rčavi
definite
(subject form) 		скъ́рчавият
skǎ́rčavijat 		скъ́рчавата
skǎ́rčavata 		скъ́рчавото
skǎ́rčavoto 		скъ́рчавите
skǎ́rčavite
definite
(object form) 		скъ́рчавия
skǎ́rčavija
Comparative forms of скъ́рчав
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
indefinite по́-скъ́рчав
pó-skǎ́rčav 		по́-скъ́рчава
pó-skǎ́rčava 		по́-скъ́рчаво
pó-skǎ́rčavo 		по́-скъ́рчави
pó-skǎ́rčavi
definite
(subject form) 		по́-скъ́рчавият
pó-skǎ́rčavijat 		по́-скъ́рчавата
pó-skǎ́rčavata 		по́-скъ́рчавото
pó-skǎ́rčavoto 		по́-скъ́рчавите
pó-skǎ́rčavite
definite
(object form) 		по́-скъ́рчавия
pó-skǎ́rčavija
Superlative forms of скъ́рчав
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
indefinite на́й-скъ́рчав
náj-skǎ́rčav 		на́й-скъ́рчава
náj-skǎ́rčava 		на́й-скъ́рчаво
náj-skǎ́rčavo 		на́й-скъ́рчави
náj-skǎ́rčavi
definite
(subject form) 		на́й-скъ́рчавият
náj-skǎ́rčavijat 		на́й-скъ́рчавата
náj-skǎ́rčavata 		на́й-скъ́рчавото
náj-skǎ́rčavoto 		на́й-скъ́рчавите
náj-skǎ́rčavite
definite
(object form) 		на́й-скъ́рчавия
náj-skǎ́rčavija

Alternative forms

  • крък (krǎk, “neck”) (dialectal)

References

  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “скръчав”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 806
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “скърчав”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 822
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