говор

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *govorъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɔvor]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

го́вор • (góvor) m (relational adjective го́ворен)

1. speech (faculty of speech; session of speaking)
2. pronunciation, accent
3. (linguistics) lect (variety of a language)

Declension

Declension of го́вор

	singular	plural
indefinite	го́вор góvor	го́вори góvori
definite (subject form)	го́ворът góvorǎt	го́ворите góvorite
definite (object form)	го́вора góvora
count form	—	го́вора góvora

Derived terms

• гово́ря (govórja, “to speak”)
• до́говор (dógovor, “contract”), догово́рка f (dogovórka, “verbal consensus”)
• за́говор (zágovor, “conspiracy”)
• и́зговор (ízgovor, “pronunciation”)
• нагово́рка f (nagovórka, “verbal consensus”) (colloquial)
• о́тговор (ótgovor, “reply”)
• погово́рка f (pogovórka, “proverb”)
• пре́говор (prégovor, “review; negotiation”)
• ра́зговор (rázgovor, “talk”)
• сго́вор (sgóvor, “concord”)
• угово́рка f (ugovórka, “verbal agreement”)

Related terms

• га́вра (gávra, “mockery”)

References

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

Anagrams

• рогов (rogov)

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *govorъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɔvɔr]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

говор • (govor) m (plural говори, relational adjective говорен)

1. speech (formal address)
2. speech (utterance)
3. dialect

   Synonym: наречје (narečje)

Declension

Declension of говор

	singular	plural
indefinite	говор (govor)	говори (govori)
definite unspecified	говорот (govorot)	говорите (govorite)
definite proximal	говоров (govorov)	говориве (govorive)
definite distal	говорон (govoron)	говорине (govorine)
vocative	говору (govoru)	говори (govori)
count form	—	говора (govora)

Further reading

• “говор” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
• “говор” in Официјален дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Oficijalen digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − makedonski.gov.mk (in Macedonian)
• говор in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

Russian

Alternative forms

• го́воръ (góvor) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *govorъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡovər]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

го́вор • (góvor) m inan (genitive го́вора, nominative plural го́воры, genitive plural го́воров)

1. (colloquial) the sound of talking, the sound of voices, the sound of speech
2. murmur
3. dialect, patois, regionalism
4. pronunciation, accent

Usage notes

• го́вор (góvor) refers to regional or local dialects. For larger dialect groups, наре́чие (naréčije) is used instead.

Declension

Declension of го́вор (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	го́вор góvor	го́воры góvory
genitive	го́вора góvora	го́воров góvorov
dative	го́вору góvoru	го́ворам góvoram
accusative	го́вор góvor	го́воры góvory
instrumental	го́вором góvorom	го́ворами góvorami
prepositional	го́воре góvore	го́ворах góvorax

Derived terms

• за́говор (zágovor)

Related terms

• отгово́ры pl (otgovóry)

Further reading

• говор in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

Anagrams

• во́рог (vórog)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *govorъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡôʋoːr/

Noun

го̏во̄р m (Latin spelling gȍvōr)

1. speech
2. talk, saying

Declension

Declension of говор

	singular	plural
nominative	говор	говори
genitive	говора	говора
dative	говору	говорима
accusative	говор	говоре
vocative	говоре	говори
locative	говору	говорима
instrumental	говором	говорима

Derived terms

• го̏во̄рнӣ
• го̀во̄рнӣк
• го̀во̄рница
• до̏гово̄р
• за̏гово̄р
• за̏гово̄рнӣк
• на̏гово̄р
• о̏дгово̄р
• при̏гово̄р
• ра̏згово̄р

Further reading

• “говор”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025