враг

• IPA^(key): [vrak]

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From Proto-Slavic *vȏrgъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wargás.

враг • (vrag) m (relational adjective вра́жески)

1. enemy, foe
2. opponent

   Synonym: противник (protivnik)

• врагу́вам (vragúvam, “to be hostile towards”)
• вражда́ (vraždá, “animosity”)
  • вражде́бен (vraždében, “hostile”)
• враж (vraž), вра́жески (vrážeski, “antagonistic, fiendish”)

• вража (vraža, “to cheat, to deceive”)

• “враг¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “враг”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “враг¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 177

From Proto-Slavic *vòrgъ or *vьragъ.

враг • (vrag) m

1. (dialectal) dale, gorge with steep slopes

   Synonym: (colloquial) дере (dere)

2. (figurative, dialectal) large wound

• овра́г (ovrág, “ravine”)

• вра́гула (vrágula, “grave, mound”) (dialectal)
• враж (vraž, “sharp, pointy, grave”) (dialectal)

• въ́ргам (vǎ́rgam, “to throw”) (possibly)
• вра́га (vrága, “wound, edema”) (possibly)
• врах (vrah, “heap, pile”) (dialectal)

• “враг²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “враг²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 177

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vorgъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wargás.

• IPA^(key): [vrak]

враг • (vrag) m (plural врагови)

1. devil
2. enemy, foe
3. (figuratively) devil (a cunning, witty man)

• ѓавол (ǵavol)
• непријател (neprijatel)

• врагъ (vrag) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic врагъ (vragŭ), from Proto-Slavic *vorgъ. Compare the inherited doublet во́рог (vórog, “enemy, foe”) (poetic).

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враг • (vrag) m anim (genitive врага́, nominative plural враги́, genitive plural враго́в, relational adjective вра́жий)

1. enemy, foe

   Synonyms: проти́вник (protívnik), неприя́тель (neprijátelʹ), не́друг (nédrug); (dated, poetic) во́рог (vórog)

   Antonym: друг (drug)

   враг народа ― vrag naroda ― Enemy of the People

• противник (protivnik)

• вражде́бный (vraždébnyj)
• вра́жеский (vrážeskij)
• вражда́ (vraždá)
• враждова́ть (vraždovátʹ)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “враг”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vorgъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wargás.

• IPA^(key): /ʋrâːɡ/

вра̑г m (Latin spelling vrȃg)

1. devil
2. (intensifier) hell

   Koji se vrag upravo dogodio?

   What the hell just happened?

   Nemoj ga smetati. Ljut je kao vrag.

   Don't bother him. He is angry as hell.

• “враг” in Hrvatski jezični portal

• ура́г (uráh) (rare)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic врагъ (vragŭ), from Proto-Slavic *vorgъ. Compare the inherited doublet во́рог (vóroh, “enemy, foe”).

• IPA^(key): [wraɦ]

враг • (vrah) m pers (genitive врага́, nominative plural враги́, genitive plural врагі́в, relational adjective вра́жий) (chiefly archaic)

1. (poetic) enemy, foe
2. devil

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:чорт

• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “враг”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “враг”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “враг”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “враг”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)