клюста

Bulgarian

Etymology

Per BER, probably from dialectal клюсé (kljusé, “clumsy workhorse”) +‎ -ста (-sta) (with same ending as Bulgarian кра́ста (krásta, “scabby”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈklʲu̟stɐ]

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Noun

клю́ста • (kljústa) f (relational adjective клю́став)

1. (derogatory) crock, jade, nag (old, shabby equine)

   Краста с краста, клюста с клюста. (idiom)

   Krasta s krasta, kljusta s kljusta.

   Everyone should know their place.

   (literally, “A jade [should be] with a jade, a nag [should be] with a nag.”)

Declension

Declension of клю́ста

	singular	plural
indefinite	клю́ста kljústa	клю́сти kljústi
definite	клю́стата kljústata	клю́стите kljústite

Related terms

• клюп (kljup), клюс (kljus, “noose, loop (for impediment of farm animals)”) (dialectal)

References

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “клюста²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 487
• Nayden Gerov (1897) “клю́ста”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 377