жерава

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žerava, a substantivized form of Proto-Slavic *žeravъ (“burning, scorching”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʒɛˈravɐ]
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Noun

жера́ва • (žeráva) f

  1. hearth
    Synonym: огнище (ognište)
  2. (figurative) hardship
    пека се на жерава ― peka se na žerava ― to be in serious trouble

Declension
Declension of жера́ва
singular plural
indefinite жера́ва
žeráva		 жерави́
žeraví
definite жера́вата
žerávata		 жерави́те
žeravíte
  • жар (žar, “glow, heat”)
  • жеравник (žeravnik, “tong”) (dialectal)

References
  • “жерава”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жерава”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 536
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