кранта

Bulgarian

Etymology

Probably from an earlier *kornata, borrowed from Vulgar Latin carnātus (“meaty, scraggy”), perhaps relevelled to rhyme with native краста (krasta, “scabby”), клюста (kljusta, “unwieldy”) (also used as epithets for old equines).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈkrantə]

Noun

кра́нта • (kránta) f

(derogatory) crock, jade, nag (old, scraggy equine)
(figurative) slender and clumsy woman

Declension

Declension of кра́нта

	singular	plural
indefinite	кра́нта kránta	кра́нти kránti
definite	кра́нтата krántata	кра́нтите krántite
vocative form	кра́нто kránto	кра́нти kránti

References

кранта in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
кранта in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
Georgiev V. I., editor (1979), “кранта”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 715

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