тънък

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic тьнъкъ (tĭnŭkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *tьnъkъ. Akin to English thin, tight.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɤnɐk]

Adjective

тъ́нък • (tǎ́nǎk) (diminutive тъ́ничък, adverb тъ́нко, abstract noun тъ́нкост)

  1. thin, fine, delicate
  2. slender, slim
  3. sleazy (of cloth)
  4. high, high-pitched, small, shrill (of a sound or voice)
  5. keen, acute of mind
  6. faint, subtle
  7. fine-drawn, nice
  8. astute, shrewd
  9. discriminating (of taste, judgment)

Declension

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • възтъ́нък (vǎztǎ́nǎk, overly thin)
  • тъ́нчае (tǎ́nčae, at the very least) (historical)
  • изтъня́вам (iztǎnjávam, to thin)
  • тъ́ност (tǎ́nost, thinness) (archaic)
  • те́нзор (ténzor, tensor) (of Latin origin)

References

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