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костура

/[koˈsturɐ]/
Bulgariannoun

Grammatical form

костура is an inflected form of косту́р — “perch, bass (freshwater fish of family Percidae).

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Definitions

  1. 1.
    archaicdialectalknife without a handle
  2. 2.
    archaicdialectalused, dull knife
  3. 3.
    archaicdialectalfolding knife, pocketknife

Etymology

The Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary summarizes several hypotheses: * per Trubachyov and Melnychuk, from the o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to scrape, comb”) + -tr-. * per Skok and others - from Romanian custură (“blade, knife edge”). * per Mladenov and others - from кост (kost, “bone”).

Forms

  • косту́раcanonical • feminine
  • kostúraromanization
  • косту́ркаdiminutive
  • косту́раindefinite • singular
  • косту́риindefinite • plural
  • косту́ратаdefinite • singular
  • косту́ритеdefinite • plural
  • косту́рalternative
  • ко́стерalternative
  • косту́раcanonical

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