крутина
Bulgarian
Etymology
крут (krut, “coarse, rough, abrupt”) + -ина (-ina) from Proto-Slavic *krǫt- or *krut-. Compare Lithuanian krañtas (“shore, coast”), krantìnė (“embankment”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [krʊtiˈna]
Noun
крутина́ • (krutiná) f
- (obsolete, dated) coarseness, roughness
- (dialectal, uncountable) rugged terrain
- Antonym: равнина́ (ravniná)
Declension
Declension of крутина́
| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | крутина́ krutiná |
| definite | крутина́та krutináta |
Related terms
- кру́стец (krústec, “mineral, crystal, chunk of sea salt”) (dialectal)
- кру́то (krúto, “trough; steep place”) (dialectal)
- крух (kruh, “lump, chunk, fragment”) (dialectal)
Further reading
- Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1986), “крут”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 29