vrah

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech vrah (enemy, murderer), from Proto-Slavic *vorgъ (foe, enemy), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wargás (foe, enemy). Cognates include Russian враг (vrag, enemy), a false friend.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vrah m anim (female equivalent vražedkyně)

  1. murderer

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vorgъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vrax]

Noun

vrah m pers (female equivalent vrahyňa)

  1. murderer

Declension

Declension of vrah
(pattern chlap)
singularplural
nominativevrahvrahovia
genitivevrahavrahov
dativevrahovivrahom
accusativevrahavrahov
locativevrahovivrahoch
instrumentalvrahomvrahmi

Further reading

  • vrah”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025