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See also: чертя and чёрта

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьrta.

Pronunciation

Noun

черта́ (čertáf (diminutive черти́ца)

  1. line
  2. boundary
  3. trait, feature, characteristic

Declension

Declension of черта́
singular plural
indefinite черта́
čertá
черти́
čertí
definite черта́та
čertáta
черти́те
čertíte

Derived terms

Russian

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic чьрта (čĭrta), from Proto-Slavic *čьrta.

Noun

черта́ (čertáf inan (genitive черты́, nominative plural черты́ or че́рты*, genitive plural черт, diminutive чёрточка) (* Common but non-standard)

  1. line
  2. boundary, precinct
  3. trait, streak, feature
    • 1967 , Владимир Ленин , “Выпуск I”, in Что такое «друзья народа» и как они воюют против социал-демократов? (В. И. Ленин – Полное собрание сочинений; 1), page 153; English translation from “Part I”, in What the “Friends of the People” Are and How They Fight the Social-Democrats (V. I. Lenin – Collected Works; 1), translation of original in Russian, 1977, page 154:
      Нет ничего характернее для буржуа, как перенесение черт современных порядков на все времена и народы.
      Net ničevo xarakterneje dlja buržua, kak perenesenije čert sovremennyx porjadkov na vse vremena i narody.
      Nothing is more characteristic of the bourgeois than the application of the features of the modern system to all times and peoples.
  4. stroke (particularly of a Chinese character)
Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

черта́ (čertám anim

  1. genitive singular of чёрт (čort)
  2. genitive singular of чорт (čort)