адмирал

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Russian адмира́л (admirál) and German Admiral, from English and Old French admiral, from Medieval Latin admiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”) under influence from admīrārī (“to admire, to respect”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐdmiˈraɫ]

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -aɫ

Noun

адмира́л • (admirál) m (relational adjective адмира́лски or адмира́лов)

1. admiral
2. flag officer
3. red admiral (butterfly Vanessa atalanta)

Declension

Declension of адмира́л

	singular	plural
indefinite	адмира́л admirál	адмира́ли admiráli
definite (subject form)	адмира́лът admirálǎt	адмира́лите admirálite
definite (object form)	адмира́ла admirála
count form	—	адмира́ла admirála
vocative form	адмира́ле admirále	адмира́ли admiráli

Derived terms

• адмира́лство (admirálstvo)
• адмиралте́йство (admiraltéjstvo), адмиралте́йски (admiraltéjski)

References

• “адмирал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “адмирал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “адмира̀л”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 5

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	ادميرال
Cyrillic	адмирал
Latin	admiral

Etymology

From Russian адмира́л (admirál), from Old French admiral, from Medieval Latin admiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”) under influence from admīrārī (“to admire, to respect”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐdmʲɪˈraɫ]

Noun

адмирал • (admiral)

1. (military) admiral
2. red admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

Declension

declension of адмирал

	singular (жекеше)	plural (көпше)
nominative (атау септік)	адмирал (admiral)	адмиралдар (admiraldar)
genitive (ілік септік)	адмиралдың (admiraldyñ)	адмиралдардың (admiraldardyñ)
dative (барыс септік)	адмиралға (admiralğa)	адмиралдарға (admiraldarğa)
accusative (табыс септік)	адмиралды (admiraldy)	адмиралдарды (admiraldardy)
locative (жатыс септік)	адмиралда (admiralda)	адмиралдарда (admiraldarda)
ablative (шығыс септік)	адмиралдан (admiraldan)	адмиралдардан (admiraldardan)
instrumental (көмектес септік)	адмиралмен (admiralmen)	адмиралдармен (admiraldarmen)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [admiˈraɫ]

• Audio

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Noun

адмирал • (admiral) m (relational adjective адмиралски)

1. admiral

Declension

Declension of адмирал

	singular	plural
indefinite	адмирал	адмирали
definite unspecified	адмиралот	адмиралите
definite proximal	адмиралов	адмираливе
definite distal	адмиралон	адмиралине
vocative	адмиралу	адмирали
count form	—	адмирала

Russian

Alternative forms

• адмира́лъ (admirál) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

From Old French admiral etc., from Medieval Latin admiralis etc., from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”) under influence from admīrārī (“to admire, to respect”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐdmʲɪˈraɫ]

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ад‧ми‧ра́л

Noun

адмира́л • (admirál) m anim (genitive адмира́ла, nominative plural адмира́лы, genitive plural адмира́лов, relational adjective адмира́льский)

1. (military) admiral
2. red admiral (Vanessa atalanta, butterfly)

Declension

Declension of адмира́л (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	адмира́л admirál	адмира́лы admirály
genitive	адмира́ла admirála	адмира́лов admirálov
dative	адмира́лу admirálu	адмира́лам admirálam
accusative	адмира́ла admirála	адмира́лов admirálov
instrumental	адмира́лом admirálom	адмира́лами admirálami
prepositional	адмира́ле admirále	адмира́лах admirálax

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: адмира́л (admirál)
• → Kazakh:

  Arabic script: ادميرال

  Cyrillic script: адмирал (admiral)

• → Mongolian:

  Mongolian script: ᠠᠳ᠋ᠮᠢᠷᠠᠯ (admiral)

  Cyrillic script: адмирал (admiral)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Arabic اَمِير (amīr, “commander”) + -ал.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /admǐraːl/
• Hyphenation: ад‧ми‧рал

Noun

адмѝра̄л m (Latin spelling admìrāl)

1. admiral

Declension

Declension of адмирал

	singular	plural
nominative	адмѝра̄л	адмирали
genitive	адмира́ла	адмирала
dative	адмиралу	адмиралима
accusative	адмирала	адмирале
vocative	адмирале	адмирали
locative	адмиралу	адмиралима
instrumental	адмиралом	адмиралима