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): [ˈkrantɐ]

Noun

кра́нта • (kránta) f

1. (derogatory) crock, jade, nag (old, scraggy equine)
2. (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 Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “кранта”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кранта”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 715

Anagrams

• тракна (trakna), катран (katran), кантар (kantar)