шкрт

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Per Skok, from Vulgar Latin *excurtus (short) with metaphorical meaning. Cognate with Romanian curtus (short, brief), possibly Albanian shkurt (in short). Snoj alternatively reconstructs Proto-Slavic *skъrtъ (shrunk, cut short), from *skъrnǫti (to trim, to shrink).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃkr̂t/

Adjective

шкр̏т (definite шкр̏тӣ, comparative шкр̏тијӣ, Latin spelling škȑt)

  1. stingy, miserly, avaricious, mean

Declension

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