Kumyk edit

Etymology edit

From Russian врач (vrač).

Noun edit

врач (wraç)

  1. physician
    Synonyms: доктор (doktor), эмчи (emçi)

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Macedonian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьračь.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

врач (vračm

  1. witch doctor, medicine man, healer

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Russian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic врачь (vračĭ), from Proto-Slavic *vьračь. By surface analysis, врать (vratʹ) +‎ -ач (-ač). Originally meant "witch-doctor, enchanter".

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [vrat͡ɕ]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -at͡ɕ

Noun edit

врач (vračm anim (genitive врача́, nominative plural врачи́, genitive plural враче́й)

  1. (medicine, formal) therapist, not surgeon, not hospital nurse
    Synonym: терапе́вт (terapévt, tɛrapévt)
  2. doc, vet, medic, physician, doctor
    Ка́ждый день я́блоко одно́ — врачу́ остава́ться далеко́, An apple a day keeps the doctor away (literally every day apple a-one is for the physician to stay away).
    Synonyms: до́ктор (dóktor), зна́харь (znáxarʹ), ле́карь (lékarʹ), цели́тель (celítelʹ)

Usage notes edit

  1. A female medical doctor is referred to as врач (vrač), or же́нщина-врач (žénščina-vrač), or, colloquially only, врачи́ха (vračíxa), which is dispreferred.
  2. The archaic vocative form вра́чу (vráču) is currently found only in the set phrase:
    вра́чу, исцели́ся самvráču, iscelísja samphysician, heal thyself

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Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Yakut: быраас (bıraas)

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьračь.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

вра̑ч m (Latin spelling vrȃč)

  1. witch doctor (shamanistic priest in aboriginal cultures)
  2. (obsolete) physician, doctor

Declension edit

Yakut edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian врач (vrač).

Noun edit

врач (vrac)

  1. doctor

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