красат

Bulgarian

Etymology

Formally equivalent to кра́са (krása, “beauty”) (archaic) +‎ -ат (-at), but semantically questionable. Per St. Mladenov, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [krɐˈsat]

Adjective

краса́т • (krasát)

  1. (dialectal) acidulous, sour (for fruit)
    Synonym: възки́сел (vǎzkísel)

Declension

  • краса́в (krasáv, “sour”) (dialectal)
  • кра́сен (krásen, “splendid”), краси́в (krasív, “beautiful”) (possibly)

References

  • “красат”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “красат”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 718
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