modrák

See also: modrak, Modrak, and modrāk

Czech

Etymology

From modrý (blue) + -ák.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmodraːk]
  • Hyphenation: mo‧d‧rák

Noun

modrák m anim

  1. (informal) carp with a blue body, such as a black carp
  2. blue-colored breed of pigeon or rabbit
  3. (rare, archaic) person wearing blue clothing

Declension

Noun

modrák m inan

  1. (colloquial) anything blue (e.g. a handkerchief)
  2. (botany) cornflower or bachelor's button (an annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, Centaurea cyanus, whose flowers are most commonly an intense blue color)
  3. (technical slang) blueprint
    Synonym: blueprint
  4. (vernacular) dumpling made of raw grated potatoes
  5. (dialectal) Alternative form of modřina (bruise)

Declension

Noun

modrák m inan

  1. (colloquial) an edible fungus of the bolete family, Neoboletus luridiformis, whose tubes become blue quickly on cutting
    Synonym: modrající hřib
    Na houbách našli modráka a dva hřiby.While hunting mushrooms, they found one blue-turning bolete and two boletes.

Declension

Derived terms

  • modráček

Further reading

  • modrák in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • modrák in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Slovak

modrák, slávik modrák tundrový
(Luscinia svecica svecica)

Etymology

From modrý (blue) + -ák.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɔdraːk]
  • Rhymes: -aːk, -raːk
  • Hyphenation: mod‧rák

Noun

modrák m anim (genitive singular modráka, nominative plural modráky, declension pattern of dub or (used in singular forms in bird names) chlap)

  1. bluethroat, a small passerine bird, Luscinia svecica, the male in spring having a bright blue throat

Declension

modrák, hríb zrnitohlúbikový
(Neoboletus luridiformis)
modrák, nevädza poľná
(Centaurea cyanus)

Noun

modrák m inan (genitive singular modráka, nominative plural modráky, declension pattern of dub)

  1. (colloquial, vernacular) an edible fungus of the bolete family, Neoboletus luridiformis, whose tubes become blue quickly on cutting
    Synonym: (taxonomic name) hríb zrnitohlúbikový
  2. (vernacular) any blue(ish) potato variety
  3. (vernacular) cornflower or bachelor's button, an annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, Centaurea cyanus, whose flowers are most commonly an intense blue colour
    Synonym: (taxonomic name) nevädza poľná
  4. (colloquial) singular of modráky

Declension

Further reading

  • modrák”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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