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

Alternative forms

  • крък (krǎk, neck) (dialectal)

References

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