гарван

Bulgarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɡarvɐn]
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Noun

га́рван • (gárvan) m (relational adjective га́рванов)

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	га́рваните gárvanite
count form	—	га́рвана gárvana
vocative form	га́рване gárvane	га́рвани gárvani
dative form	га́рвану¹ gárvanu¹	—

¹Archaic.

Alternative forms

га́вран (gávran) — outdated, dialectal

Related terms

га́га (gága, “bird's mouth, beak”) (dialectal)
га́кам (gákam, “to crow”)
га́рга (gárga, “jackdaw”)

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