грач

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡrat͡ʃ]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

грач • (gračm

  1. croak (characteristic cry of ravens and other corvids)

Declension

Declension of грач
singular plural
indefinite грач
grač
гра́чове
gráčove
definite
(subject form)
гра́чът
gráčǎt
гра́човете
gráčovete
definite
(object form)
гра́ча
gráča
count form гра́ча
gráča

Alternative forms

Derived terms

References

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

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Originally Russian word formed from the onomatopoeia гра (gra) +‎ -ач (-ač). Cf. ка́ркать (kárkatʹ) and other similar words with onomatopoeic origin, such as Ukrainian грак (hrak, rook) and крук (kruk, raven).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡrat͡ɕ]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

грач • (gračm anim (genitive грача́, nominative plural грачи́, genitive plural граче́й)

  1. rook (a black bird whose large flocks signal the arrival of spring)

Declension

Further reading

  • грач in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian грачъ, кграчъ (hrač, grač), from Proto-Slavic *jьgračь. By surface analysis, гра́ти (hráty) +‎ -ач (-ač).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɦrat͡ʃ]
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Noun

грач • (hračm pers (genitive грача́, nominative plural грачі́, genitive plural грачі́в)

  1. player, gamer (one who plays any game)
    Synonyms: граве́ць (hravécʹ), грець (hrecʹ), картя́р (kartjár)
  2. (rare, music) player (one who plays on a musical instrument)
    Synonyms: музика́нт (muzykánt), музи́ка (muzýka), граве́ць (hravécʹ), грець (hrecʹ), оркестра́нт (orkestránt), викона́вець (vykonávecʹ)

Declension

Declension of грач
(pers semisoft masc-form accent-b)
singular plural
nominative грач
hrač
грачі́
hračí
genitive грача́
hračá
грачі́в
hračív
dative граче́ві, грачу́
hračévi, hračú
грача́м
hračám
accusative грача́
hračá
грачі́в
hračív
instrumental граче́м
hračém
грача́ми
hračámy
locative граче́ві, грачу́, грачі́
hračévi, hračú, hračí
грача́х
hračáx
vocative гра́чу
hráču
грачі́
hračí

Derived terms

  • ні грач, ні помага́ч (ni hrač, ni pomaháč)