krnj

Serbo-Croatian

FWOTD – 19 March 2013

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krъnъ (whence also dialectal Russian ко́рный (kórnyj, “short”), Czech krniti (“to cut”), Romanian cârn (“snub-nosed”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”).[1] Cognate with Latvian kurls (“deaf”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kr̩̂ɲ/

Adjective

kȑnj (definite kȑnjī, comparative kȑnjī, Cyrillic spelling кр̏њ)

  1. truncated, cut off
  2. incomplete
    krnji tekst ― incomplete text
  3. defective, damaged
    krnji zub ― broken tooth
  4. idiomatic and figurative meanings
    krnji parlamen(a)t ― a rump parliament
    krnja rečenica ― an elliptical sentence
    krnji stožac/konus ― a truncated cone

Declension

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:krnj.

References

  • “krnj” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • “krnj”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 3, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 81
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “938-47”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 938-47
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