кърнак

Bulgarian

Etymology

Originally an agent noun with meaning broken, cut one from the adjective Bulgarian крън (krǎn, “broken, scraggy”) (dialectally also pronounced as кърн (kǎrn)). Morphologically derived via the suffix -нак (-nak).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): [kərˈnak]

Noun

кърна́к • (kǎrnák) m

  1. castrated male swine
    Synonym: ско́пен шопа́р (skópen šopár)

Alternative forms
  • кърни́к (kǎrník) (dialectal)

Declension
Declension of кърна́к
singular plural
indefinite кърна́к
kǎrnák		 кърна́ци
kǎrnáci
definite
(subject form)		 кърна́кът
kǎrnákǎt		 кърна́ците
kǎrnácite
definite
(object form)		 кърна́ка
kǎrnáka
count form — кърна́ка
kǎrnáka
vocative form кърна́ко
kǎrnáko		 кърна́ци
kǎrnáci
  • шипа́р (šipár), шопа́р (šopár, “male swine”)

References
  • кърнак in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
  • Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1986), “кърнак”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 214
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