kruch

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Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish kruch, from Proto-Slavic *kruxъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkrux/
  • Rhymes: -ux
  • Syllabification: kruch

Noun

kruch m inan

  1. (regional, rare, mining, historical) a unit of measurement of salt, equivalent of one cetnar (64,80kg until 1819; afterwards 40,55 kg until conversion to metric system); a hundredweight of salt
    • 1868, Hieronim Hilary Łabęcki, Słownik górniczy polsko-rossyjsko-francuzko-niemiecki i rossyjsko-polski (z dodaniem wyrazów odnoszących się do mineralogii, geologii, chemii, oraz ważniejszych rzemiosł kruszcowych) tudzież glossarz średniowiecznej łaciny górniczej w Polsce, Warszawa: w drukarni Karola Kowalewskiego:
      Frustum salis gruzeł soli kruch soli Banci snlis in frusta concussi et centenariatim venditi Rejestr Bonaru 1544 bałwany soli na bochny czyli kruchy potłuczone i na wagę na centnary przedawane.
      Frustum salis gruzeł soli salt stone Banci snlis in frusta concussi et centenariatim venditi Rejestr Bonaru 1544, or a broken up salt stone and sold by weight of one hundredweight.
  2. (regional, rare, by extension) any piece of salt bigger than about 1kg; a salt stone
    Synonyms: cetnar, centnar, kwintal
    • 2007 May 17, (MAW), “Jedna z najlepszych”, in Gazeta Krakowska (journalism), Kraków: "Polskapresse". Oddział "Prasa Krakowska":
      Zaproszony z tej okazji do Senatu wójt gminy Bochnia, przekazał marszałkowi Borusewiczowi piękny kruch solny.
      The bailiff of the municipality was invited to the Senate for the occasion, and a beautiful salt stone was given to Marshal Borusewicz.
    • 2002 March 16, “Licytacja dla światła”, in Dziennik Polski (journalism), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Jagiellonia SA, →ISSN:
      [...];kruch soli bocheńskiej szarej, drobnoziarnistej, ok. 20 mln lat, waga 15 kg;[...]
      ; the stone of grey, fine-grained, Bochnia salt, around 20 milion years old, 15 kilograms in weight

Declension

Further reading

  • kruch in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

kruch m (Cyrillic spelling круцх)

  1. Obsolete spelling of kruh.