къдрав

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kǫdravъ, *kǫdřavъ, cognate with Macedonian кадрав (kadrav), Russian ку́дрявый (kúdrjavyj). Morphologically equivalent to къ́дря (kǎ́drja, “to curl hair”) +‎ -ав (-av).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɤdrɐf]

Adjective

къ́драв • (kǎ́drav) (abstract noun къ́дравост)

  1. curly, fizzy, crispy
    къ́дравa коса́ ― kǎ́drava kosá ― curly hair

Declension

Alternative forms

  • къ́дряв (kǎ́drjav) — dialectal
  • ка́драв (kádrav), ку́драв (kúdrav) — dialectal
  • къ́дър (kǎ́dǎr, “curly”) (archaic)
  • къдри́ца (kǎdríca, “curl”)

References

  • “къдрав”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “къдрав”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
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