кутсуз

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قوتسز (kutsız, unlucky).

Oftentimes, wrongly written as **куцу́с (**kucús) because of its phonetic and semantic resemblance to native Bulgarian куц (kuc, limping).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kotˈsus]
  • Audio (Standard Bulgarian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -us
  • Hyphenation(key): кут‧суз
  • Hyphenation(key): кут‧суз

Adjective

кутсу́з • (kutsúz) (indeclinable)

  1. unfortunate, unlucky, hapless, badly developed
    Synonym: злополу́чен (zlopolúčen)
    кутсу́з пъту́ванеkutsúz pǎtúvanehapless travel, adventure
    кутсу́з ра́ботаkutsúz rábotabadly done work

Derived terms

  • кутсу́злък (kutsúzlǎk, bad luck)

References

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