кръв

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic крꙑ (kry), from Proto-Slavic *kry, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *krū́ˀs, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (“blood of a wound”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [krɤf]
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Noun

кръв • (krǎv) f (relational adjective кръ́вен)

  1. (usually uncountable) blood
    сгъсте́на кръв ― sgǎsténa krǎv ― grume
    съси́рена кръв ― sǎsírena krǎv ― clotted blood; gore
    проли́вам кръв ― prolívam krǎv ― to shed blood
    прели́вам кръв ― prelívam krǎv ― to give a blood transfusion
    от една́ кръв ― ot edná krǎv ― same-blooded
    кръвта́ вода́ не ста́ва ― krǎvtá vodá ne stáva ― blood is thicker than water
    в кръвта́ им е ― v krǎvtá im e ― it's in their blood
    плът и кръв ― plǎt i krǎv ― flesh and blood
    си́ня кръв ― sínja krǎv ― blue (=royal) blood
    Тече́ ми кръв (от носа́). ― Tečé mi krǎv (ot nosá). ― I am bleeding (from my nose). (literally, “My blood is running (from the nose).”)
  2. (video games) health points, hit points, HP

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Derived terms

References

  • “на 1 кръв”, in BGJargon.com (in Bulgarian), 2007
  • “кръв”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “кръв”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кръв”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 33
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