гарван

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Гарван

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gavornъ, a conflation of the call га-га (ga-ga, “kra-kra”) + вран (vran, “crow”).

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Noun

га́рван • (gárvan) m (relational adjective га́рванов)

  1. raven (Corvus corax)
    Synonym: (dialectal) га́лун (gálun)
    га́рван га́рвану око́ не ва́ди
    gárvan gárvanu okó ne vádi
    there is honor among thieves, dog does not eat dog
    (literally, “a raven does not remove a(nother) raven's eye”)

Declension

Declension of га́рван
singular plural
indefinite га́рван
gárvan 		га́рвани
gárvani
definite
(subject form) 		га́рванът
gárvanǎt 		га́рваните
gárvanite
definite
(object form) 		га́рвана
gárvana
count form — га́рвана
gárvana
vocative form га́рване
gárvane 		га́рвани
gárvani
dative form га́рвану1
gárvanu1 		—

1Archaic.

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References

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