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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
- (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.
- (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)
- Obsolete spelling of kruh.