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

  1. (obsolete, dated) coarseness, roughness
  2. (dialectal, uncountable) rugged terrain
    Antonym: равнина́ (ravniná)

Declension
Declension of крутина́
singular
indefinite крутина́
krutiná
definite крутина́та
krutináta
  • 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
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