кърлеж

Bulgarian

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.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkɤrlɛʃ]
  • Hyphenation(key): кър‧леж

Noun

къ́рлеж • (kǎ́rlež) m (diminutive къ́рлежче)

  1. tick (arachnid)
  2. (figurative) leech, bloodsucker (person who exploits or lives off others)
  3. (dialectal) castor oil plant (Ricinus communis)
    Synonym: рици́н (ricín)

Declension
Declension of къ́рлеж
singular plural
indefinite къ́рлеж
kǎ́rlež		 къ́рлежи
kǎ́rleži
definite
(subject form)		 къ́рлежът
kǎ́rležǎt		 къ́рлежите
kǎ́rležite
definite
(object form)		 къ́рлежа
kǎ́rleža
count form — къ́рлежа
kǎ́rleža

References
  • “кърлеж”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “кърлеж”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кърлеж”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 208
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