зрак
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зрак светлина (Meaning 1) 
лунен зрак (Meaning 2)
Bulgarian
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Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zorkъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
зрак • (zrak) m (relational adjective зра́чен)
- (poetic, usually in the singular) small ray, flicker, glimmer
- (poetic, usually in the singular) faint or obscure light, twilight
- (literary, uncountable) gaze, glance, look
- (dialectal) apparition, phantom
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | зрак zrak |
зра́кове, зра́ци zrákove, zráci |
| definite (subject form) |
зра́кът zrákǎt |
зра́ковете, зра́ците zrákovete, zrácite |
| definite (object form) |
зра́ка zráka | |
| count form | — | зра́ка zráka |
Alternative forms
Derived terms
- при́зрак (prízrak, “apparition”), призра́чен (prizráčen)
- зра́чен (zráčen)
- взра́чен (vzráčen) (rare) ⇒ невзра́чен (nevzráčen, “unseemly”)
- прозра́чен (prozráčen, “transparent”)
Related terms
References
- “зрак”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “зрак”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1897) “зракъ, зра́ци”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 165
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “зрак”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 655
- “зракъ”, in Старобългарски речник (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zorkъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
зрак • (zrak) m (diminutive зракче)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | зрак (zrak) | зраци (zraci) |
| definite unspecified | зракот (zrakot) | зраците (zracite) |
| definite proximal | зраков (zrakov) | зрациве (zracive) |
| definite distal | зракон (zrakon) | зрацине (zracine) |
| vocative | зраку (zraku) | зраци (zraci) |
| count form | — | зрака (zraka) |
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic зракъ (zrakŭ), from Proto-Slavic *zorkъ. Doublet of зо́рок (zórok), the inherited East Slavic form.
Pronunciation
Noun
зрак • (zrak) m inan (genitive зра́ка, nominative plural зра́ки, genitive plural зра́ков)
Declension
Derived terms
- при́зрак (prízrak)
- при́зрачный (prízračnyj)
- взра́чный (vzráčnyj)
- невзра́чный (nevzráčnyj)
- прозра́чный (prozráčnyj)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “зрак”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zorkъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
зра̑к m inan (Latin spelling zrȃk)
- (uncountable, Bosnia, Croatia) air
- Synonym: (Bosnia, Serbia) ва̀здӯх
- (countable, Serbia) a ray, beam
- Alternative form: (Bosnia, Croatia) зра̏ка
- Врх хриди црне трне задњи румени зрак. ― Atop the black cliff the last crimson ray disappears.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | зрак | зраци |
| genitive | зрака | зрака |
| dative | зраку | зрацима |
| accusative | зрак | зраке |
| vocative | зраче | зраци |
| locative | зраку | зрацима |
| instrumental | зраком | зрацима |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “зрак”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025