крячка

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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):

Noun

кря́чка • (krjáčka) f

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

Declension

Declension of кря́чка

	singular	plural
indefinite	кря́чка krjáčka	кря́чки krjáčki
definite	кря́чката krjáčkata	кря́чките krjáčkite
vocative form	кря́чке krjáčke	кря́чки krjáčki

Alternative forms

кря́кла (krjákla) — dialectal

Related terms

кря́кам (krjákam, “to croak, to screech”)
- кря́кот (krjákot, “shriek”)
- креч (kreč, “shriek, cicada”) (dialectal)
къ́ркавец (kǎ́rkavec, “corvid”) (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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