грач

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡrat͡ʃ]
  • (file)

Noun

грач • (grač) m

  1. croak (characteristic cry of ravens and other corvids)

Declension

Alternative forms

Derived terms

References

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

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Originally Russian word formed from the onomatopoeia гра (gra) + -ач (-ač). Cf. ка́ркать (kárkatʹ) and other similar words with onomatopoeic origin, such as Ukrainian грак (hrak, rook) and крук (kruk, raven).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡrat͡ɕ]
  • (file)

Noun

грач • (grač) m anim (genitive грача́, nominative plural грачи́, genitive plural граче́й)

  1. rook (a black bird whose large flocks signal the arrival of spring)

Declension

Further reading

  • грач in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian грачъ, кграчъ (hrač, grač), from Proto-Slavic *jьgračь. By surface analysis, гра́ти (hráty) + -ач (-ač).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɦrat͡ʃ]
  • (file)

Noun

грач • (hrač) m pers (genitive грача́, nominative plural грачі́, genitive plural грачі́в)

  1. player, gamer (one who plays any game)
    Synonyms: граве́ць (hravécʹ), грець (hrecʹ), картя́р (kartjár)
  2. (rare, music) player (one who plays on a musical instrument)
    Synonyms: музика́нт (muzykánt), музи́ка (muzýka), граве́ць (hravécʹ), грець (hrecʹ), оркестра́нт (orkestránt), викона́вець (vykonávecʹ)

Declension

Derived terms

  • ні грач, ні помага́ч (ni hrač, ni pomaháč)
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