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Bulgarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Internationalism, ultimately from Ancient Greek πειρατής (peiratḗs, “person sent on trail”).
Noun
пира́т • (pirát) m (relational adjective пира́тски)
- pirate (criminal, vigilante)
Declension
Derived terms
References
- “пират¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “пират”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пират²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 252
Etymology 2
By surface analysis, пи́рам (píram, “to shove, to impede”) + -ат (-at).
Noun
пира́т • (pirát) m (dialectal, obsolete)
- lock bar, blocker (wooden beam used as a fastener of gates/shafts)
Declension
References
- “пират²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1901) “пира́тъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 32
- Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пират¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 252
Macedonian
Pronunciation
Noun
пи́рат • (pírat) m (plural пи́рати, related adjective пи́ратски, feminine пи́ратка)
- pirate
Declension
References
- “пират” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Pirat.
Pronunciation
Noun
пира́т • (pirát) m anim (genitive пира́та, nominative plural пира́ты, genitive plural пира́тов, relational adjective пира́тский)
- pirate
- Synonyms: корса́р (korsár), флибустье́р (flibustʹjér), буканьер (bukanʹjer)
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pīrāta, from Ancient Greek πειρατής (peiratḗs), from πεῖρα (peîra, “trial, attempt, plot”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pǐraːt/
- Hyphenation: пи‧рат
Noun
пѝра̄т m (Latin spelling pìrāt)
- pirate
Declension
References
- “пират”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024