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