кърлеж
/[ˈkɤrlɛʃ]/
Bulgariannoun
Definitions
- 1.tick (arachnid)
- 2.leech, bloodsucker (person who exploits or lives off others)
- 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