маждрак

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Bulgarian

оръжие маждрак

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مزراق (whence modern Turkish mızrak), of Arabic origin. Medial -д- between ж and р is epenthetic.

Pronunciation

Noun

маждра́к • (maždrák) m

  1. (historical) lance, long spear
    Synonym: (standard) ланце́т (lancét)
    • c. 18th–19th century, “От кога се е зора зазорила”:
      Маждраци им, мила моя майно ле, като честа гора.
      Maždraci im, mila moja majno le, kato česta gora.
      lancers, oh my dear mother, like a dense forest.

Declension

Declension of маждра́к
singular plural
indefinite маждра́к
maždrák 		маждра́ци
maždráci
definite
(subject form) 		маждра́кът
maždrákǎt 		маждра́ците
maždrácite
definite
(object form) 		маждра́ка
maždráka
count form — маждра́ка
maždráka

References

  • “маждрак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “маждрак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
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