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кърлеж

/[ˈkɤrlɛʃ]/
Bulgariannoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    tick (arachnid)
  2. 2.
    leech, bloodsucker (person who exploits or lives off others)
  3. 3.
    dialectalcastor oil plant (Ricinus communis)

Synonyms & related words

Synonyms
  • рици́н
Related words (1)
  • ака́р

Etymology

Derived from the zero-grade form *(s)kr̥- of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut; to poke; to bite”), extended similarly to пъ́рля (pǎ́rlja) vs. па́ря (párja). Cognates include Macedonian крлеж (krlež), Serbo-Croatian крљ, крља, крлич and Aromanian cãrlej.

Forms

  • къ́рлежcanonical • masculine
  • kǎ́rležromanization
  • къ́рлежчеdiminutive
  • къ́рлежindefinite • singular
  • къ́рлежиindefinite • plural
  • къ́рлежътdefinite • singular • subjective
  • къ́рлежитеdefinite • plural • subjective
  • къ́рлежаdefinite • objective • singular
  • къ́рлежитеdefinite • objective • plural
  • -count-form • singular
  • къ́рлежаcount-form • plural

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