покруса

Bulgarian

Etymology

Abstract noun from покруша́ (pokrušá, “to crush down, to crumble”) +‎ -а (-a).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [poˈkrusɐ]

Noun

покру́са • (pokrúsa) f

remorse, repentance, regret, sorrow
Synonyms: покая́ние (pokajánie), жале́ние (žalénie), страда́ние (stradánie)
(emotion) despair, distress, hopelessness, depression
Synonyms: отчая́ние (otčajánie), безнаде́ждност (beznadéždnost), потисна́тост (potisnátost), депре́сия (deprésija)

Declension

Declension of покру́са

	singular
indefinite	покру́са pokrúsa
definite	покру́сата pokrúsata

Related terms

круша́ (krušá, “to crush”) (dialectal)
- круше́ние (krušénie, “crash”)

References

“покруса”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
“покруса”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

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