зрак
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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *zorkъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
зрак • (zrak) m (relational adjective зра́чен)
- (poetic, usually in the singular) ray, beam of light
- (poetic, usually in the singular) low, scattered light
- лу́нен зрак ― lúnen zrak ― moonlight
- (figurative, literary, in the singular) sight, glance, look
- Synonym: погле́д (pogléd)
- (dialectal) apparition, phantom
Declension
Declension of зрак
Alternative forms
Derived terms
- при́зрак (prízrak, “apparition”)
- зра́чен (zráčen)
- взра́чен (vzráčen, “glimmering, shiny, pretty”)
- призра́чен (prizráčen, “spectral, phantasmal”)
- прозра́чен (prozráčen, “transparent”)
Related terms
- зра (zra), зъ́рвам (zǎ́rvam, “to sight, to glance”)
- незря́щ (nezrjášt, “blind, devoid of sight”)
- зор (zor, “sight , vision”) (dialectal)
- зора́ (zorá, “dawn”)
- заря́ (zarjá, “fireworks show, illumination”)
- здрач (zdrač, “dusk, twilight”)
- зърца́ло (zǎrcálo, “mirror”) (dialectal)
References
- “зрак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “зрак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “зрак”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 655
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “здрак”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 628
- зракъ in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zorkъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
зрак • (zrak) m (diminutive зракче)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | зрак (zrak) | зраци (zraci) |
| definite unspecified | зракот (zrakot) | зраците (zracite) |
| definite proximal | зраков (zrakov) | зрациве (zracive) |
| definite distal | зракон (zrakon) | зрацине (zracine) |
| vocative | зраку (zraku) | зраци (zraci) |
| count form | — | зрака (zraka) |
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic зракъ (zrakŭ), from Proto-Slavic *zorkъ. Doublet of зо́рок (zórok), the inherited East Slavic form.
Pronunciation
Noun
зрак • (zrak) m inan (genitive зра́ка, nominative plural зра́ки, genitive plural зра́ков)
Declension
Derived terms
- при́зрак (prízrak)
- при́зрачный (prízračnyj)
- взра́чный (vzráčnyj)
- невзра́чный (nevzráčnyj)
- прозра́чный (prozráčnyj)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “зрак”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zorkъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
зра̑к m (Latin spelling zrȃk)
- (uncountable, Bosnia, Croatia) air
- Synonym: (Bosnia, Serbia) ва̀здӯх
- (countable, Serbia) a ray, beam
- Synonym: (Bosnia, Croatia) зра̏ка
- Врх хриди црне трне задњи румени зрак. ― Atop the black cliff the last crimson ray disappears.
Declension
Declension of зрак