vrah

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Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech vrah (“enemy, murderer”), from Proto-Slavic *vorgъ (“foe, enemy”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wargás (“foe, enemy”). Cognates include Russian враг (vrag, “enemy”), a false friend.

Pronunciation

Noun

vrah m anim (female equivalent vražedkyně)

  1. murderer

Declension

Declension of vrah (velar masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative vrah vrazi, vrahové
genitive vraha vrahů
dative vrahovi, vrahu vrahům
accusative vraha vrahy
vocative vrahu vrazi, vrahové
locative vrahovi, vrahu vrazích
instrumental vrahem vrahy

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “vrah”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “vrah”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “vrah”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vorgъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

vrah m pers (female equivalent vrahyňa)

  1. murderer

Declension

Declension of vrah (pattern chlap)
singularplural
nominativevrahvrahovia
genitivevrahavrahov
dativevrahovivrahom
accusativevrahavrahov
locativevrahovivrahoch
instrumentalvrahomvrahmi

Further reading

  • “vrah”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
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