скроб

Bulgarian

Скроб (меливо)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [skrɔp]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *skrobъ (о-stem).

Noun

скроб • (skrob) f (relational adjective скробен)

1. (dialectal) bulgur, groats

   Synonyms: булгу́р (bulgúr), гру́хано зъ́рно (grúhano zǎ́rno)

Declension

Declension of скроб

	singular	plural
indefinite	скроб skrob	скро́бове skróbove
definite (subject form)	скро́бът skróbǎt	скро́бовете skróbovete
definite (object form)	скро́ба skróba
count form	—	скро́ба skróba

References

• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “скроб”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 800
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “скро́бъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 177

Скроб (прах)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *skrobь (i-stem).

Noun

скроб • (skrob) f (relational adjective скро́бяв)

1. (dialectal) starch

   Synonym: нишесте́ (nišesté)

2. (by extension) starch mixture (water solution with starch)

   Synonyms: скорбя́ла (skorbjála), скро́бява ка́ша (skróbjava káša)

Declension

Declension of скроб

	singular	plural
indefinite	скроб skrob	скро́би skróbi
definite	скробта́ skrobtá	скро́бите skróbite

Derived terms

• скробя́ (skrobjá, “to soak in starch solution”)
  • скроби́ло (skrobílo), скробили́ца (skrobilíca, “starch slurry”) (dialectal, outdated)
• скробя́л (skrobjál), скорбя́ла (skorbjála, “starch solution”)

References

• “скроб”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “скро́бь”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[2] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 178

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *skrobь, *skrobъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [skrɔp]
• Rhymes: -ɔp

Noun

скроб • (skrob) m (relational adjective скробен)

1. starch

Declension

Declension of скроб

	singular	plural
indefinite	скроб	скробови
definite unspecified	скробот	скробовите
definite proximal	скробов	скробовиве
definite distal	скробон	скробовине
vocative	скробу	скробови
count form	—	скроба