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Bulgarian
Pronunciation
Noun
грач • (grač) m
- croak (characteristic cry of ravens and other corvids)
Declension
Derived terms
- гра́ча (gráča, “to caw, to crook”)
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
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
Noun
грач • (grač) m anim (genitive грача́, nominative plural грачи́, genitive plural граче́й)
- 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
Noun
грач • (hrač) m pers (genitive грача́, nominative plural грачі́, genitive plural грачі́в)
- player, gamer (one who plays any game)
- Synonyms: граве́ць (hravécʹ), грець (hrecʹ), картя́р (kartjár)
- (rare, music) player (one who plays on a musical instrument)
- Synonyms: музика́нт (muzykánt), музи́ка (muzýka), граве́ць (hravécʹ), грець (hrecʹ), оркестра́нт (orkestránt), викона́вець (vykonávecʹ)
Declension
Declension of грач (pers semisoft masc-form accent-b)
Derived terms