Bulgarian
Etymology
From жив (živ, “alive”) + -ак (-ak), short for жи́во сребро́ (žívo srebró, “quicksilver”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʒiˈvak]
- Rhymes: -ak
Noun
жива́к • (živák) m (relational adjective жива́чен)
- (literally) lively, agile, nimble one
- Synonyms: пъргавелко (pǎrgavelko), бързак (bǎrzak), нервак (nervak)
- (chemistry) mercury
- Synonym: жи́во сребро́ (žívo srebró)
Declension
Declension of жива́к
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singular
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жива́к
živák
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definite
(subject form)
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жива́кът
živákǎt
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definite
(object form)
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жива́ка
živáka
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Coordinate terms
- (Chemical element): Previous: злато (zlato) Next: талий (talij)
- жи́вен (žíven, “vital”) (archaic, obsolete)
- живе́ц (živéc, “pulse, nerve”)
- живина́ (živiná, “vivid, lively one”)
- живо́в (živóv) (obsolete)
- живо́ст (živóst, “liveliness, vividness”)
- живо́т (živót, “life”)
- жи́вък (žívǎk, “lively, agile, nimble”) (dialectal, obsolete)
References
- “живак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “живак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010