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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic крꙑ (kry), from Proto-Slavic *kry, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *krū́ˀs, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (“blood of a wound”).
Pronunciation
Noun
кръв • (krǎv) f (relational adjective кръ́вен)
- (usually uncountable) blood
- сгъсте́на кръв ― sgǎsténa krǎv ― grume
- съси́рена кръв ― sǎsírena krǎv ― clotted blood; gore
- проли́вам кръв ― prolívam krǎv ― to shed blood
- прели́вам кръв ― prelívam krǎv ― to give a blood transfusion
- от една́ кръв ― ot edná krǎv ― same-blooded
- кръвта́ вода́ не ста́ва ― krǎvtá vodá ne stáva ― blood is thicker than water
- в кръвта́ им е ― v krǎvtá im e ― it's in their blood
- плът и кръв ― plǎt i krǎv ― flesh and blood
- си́ня кръв ― sínja krǎv ― blue (=royal) blood
- Тече́ ми кръв (от носа́). ― Tečé mi krǎv (ot nosá). ― I am bleeding (from my nose). (literally, “My blood is running (from the nose).”)
- (video games) health points, hit points, HP
Declension
Derived terms
- кръвни́к (krǎvník, “bloodthirsty person”)
- кръвни́шки (krǎvníški, “bloodthirsty”)
- кръвнина́ (krǎvniná, “bloodshed”)
- кръводари́тел (krǎvodarítel, “blood donor”)
- кръводаря́ване (krǎvodarjávane, “blood donation”)
- кръвожа́ден (krǎvožáden, “bloodthirsty”)
- кръвои́злив (krǎvoízliv, “haemorrhage”)
- кръвоно́сен (krǎvonósen, “blood (attr.), cardiovascular, circulatory”)
- кръвообраще́ние (krǎvoobrašténie, “blood circulation”)
- кръвопрели́ване (krǎvoprelívane, “blood transfusion”)
- кръвопроли́тен (krǎvoprolíten, “bloody”)
- кръвопроли́тие (krǎvoprolítie, “bloodshed”)
- кръвосмеше́ние (krǎvosmešénie, “incest”)
- кръвоспи́ращ (krǎvospírašt, “styptic”)
- кръвотече́ние (krǎvotečénie, “bleeding”)
- кръвохра́чене (krǎvohráčene, “haemoptysis”)
- къ́рвав (kǎ́rvav, “bloody”)
- кървави́ца (kǎrvavíca, “blood sausage”)
- кървя́ (kǎrvjá, “to bleed”)
References
- “на 1 кръв”, in BGJargon.com (in Bulgarian), 2007
- “кръв”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “кръв”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кръв”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 33