крячка

Bulgarian

Дългоопашата крячка

Etymology

From кря́кам (krjákam, to screech, to croack) + -ка (-ka), one of the three characteristic cries of shrikes (the other two being peeping and chirping). Compare Russian кря́ква (krjákva, mallard duck), Ukrainian кря́чка (krjáčka, frog) (dialectal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkrʲa̟t͡ʃkɐ]

Noun

кря́чка • (krjáčka) f

  1. (literally) female screecher, croaker
    Synonym: кре́сла (krésla)
  2. (dialectal) screeching bird (particularly shrikes)
    Synonyms: свра́чка (svráčka), (standard) кола́чка (koláčka)

Declension

Alternative forms

  • кря́кла (krjákla) dialectal

References

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