враг

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vȏrgъ (with mobile accentuation), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wargás.

враг • (vrag) m

1. enemy, foe, fiend, nemesis

   Synonyms: неприя́тел (neprijátel), не́дник (nédnik)

2. opponent, adversary, antagonist

   Synonym: проти́вник (protívnik)

• “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
• Nayden Gerov (1895) “врагъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 152
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “враг¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 178
• “врагъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vòrgъ or *vьragъ (with fixed accentuation).

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
• Nayden Gerov (1895) “врагъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 152
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “враг²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 179

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

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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); (colloquial, lowered) вражи́на (vražína)

   Antonym: друг (drug)

   враг наро́да ― vrag naróda ― Enemy of the People

• проти́вник m anim (protívnik)

Proverbs

• враг не дре́млет (vrag ne drémlet)

• вражда́ f (vraždá)
• вражде́бный (vraždébnyj)
• враждова́ть impf (vraždovátʹ)
• вра́жеский (vrážeskij)
• вражи́на m anim or f anim (vražína)

• 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 [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

• ура́г (uráh) (rare)

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

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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)