крак

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *korkъ (“limb, span”).

• IPA^(key): [krak]

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• Rhymes: -ak

крак • (krak) m (diminutive краче́)

1. leg
2. foot

   Synonyms: нога́ (nogá), стъпа́ло (stǎpálo), ходи́ло (hodílo)

3. paddle (a flat limb of an aquatic animal, adapted for swimming)

Modern Bulgarian does not make specific distinction between leg and foot, however, originally крак (krak) was used for the movable part of the limb (that spans), while нога́ (nogá) (originally: claw), стъпа́ло (stǎpálo) (literary: stepping tool) or ходи́ло (hodílo) (literary: walking tool) are used for the static appendage (that supports).

• крач (krač, “stride”)
  • ра́зкрач (rázkrač, “span, large step”)
• кра́чка (kráčka, “step”)
• кра́чол (kráčol, “sleeve of pants”)

• кърк (kǎrk, “turning part, neck”) (dialectal)
  • кръ́чма (krǎ́čma, “pub”)

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

• IPA^(key): [krak]

крак • (krak) m

1. edge (of a geometric shape)
2. ray
3. tentacle

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *korkъ. Cognate with Bulgarian крак (krak, “leg, foot”).

• IPA^(key): /krâːk/

кра̑к m inan (Latin spelling krȃk)

1. limb (of a frog and certain animals such as octopus or crab)
2. fork, branch (of a river, road, etc.)
3. (dialectal) human leg

• “крак”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “крак”, in Raskovnik [Dictionary portal Raskovnik of the Institute for the Serbian Language, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts] (in Serbo-Croatian), http://raskovnik.org, 2015–2025