костур

• IPA^(key): [koˈstur]

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In view of alternative forms, probably secondary from adjective Proto-Slavic *kostrъ / *kostьrъ (“prickly, bristly”), possibly cognate with Etymologies 2 and 3. Akin to Russian кoстёр (kostjór, “type of sturgeon”).

косту́р • (kostúr) m (diminutive косту́рче)

1. perch, bass (freshwater fish of family Percidae)

• костра́к (kostrák), ко́стреж (kóstrež) (secondary variants)
• косту́ряче (kostúrjače, “runner bean”) (colloquial)
• кощря́ва (koštrjáva, “bristle grass”)

• “костур¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “костур”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “костур”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 666

See titular lemma.

косту́р • (kostúr) m (dialectal)

1. alternative form of косту́ра (kostúra): pocketknife

• “костур²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “костур, костура”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 666

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosturъ. By surface analysis, кост (kost, “bone”) +‎ -ур (-ur).

косту́р • (kostúr) m (diminutive косту́рче)

1. (obsolete) skeleton, bony frame

   Synonym: (standard) ске́лет (skélet)

• “костур³”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1897), “костуръ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 402

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosturъ.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔstur]
• Hyphenation: кос‧тур

костур • (kostur) m (plural костури, diminutive костурче, augmentative костуриште)

1. (anatomy) skeleton
2. (colloquial, figurative) skin and bones
3. (by extension) framework, shell, frame

• костурест (kosturest)
• костурница f (kosturnica)

• коска f (koska)
• раскости pf (raskosti), раскостува impf (raskostuva)

• “костур” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosturъ.

• IPA^(key): /kôstuːr/

ко̏стӯр m inan (Latin spelling kȍstūr)

1. (anatomy) skeleton
2. (by extension) framework, shell, frame

• “костур”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025