грач

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡrat͡ʃ]

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Noun

грач • (grač) m

1. croak (characteristic cry of ravens and other corvids)

Declension

Declension of грач

	singular	plural
indefinite	грач grač	гра́чове gráčove
definite (subject form)	гра́чът gráčǎt	гра́човете gráčovete
definite (object form)	гра́ча gráča
count form	—	гра́ча gráča

Alternative forms

• грак m (grak), гра́ка f (gráka)

Derived terms

• гра́ча (gráča, “to caw, to crook”)

References

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

Russian

Alternative forms

• грачъ (grač) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Originally Russian word formed from the onomatopoeia гра (gra) +‎ -ач (-ač). Cf. ка́ркать (kárkatʹ) and other similar words with onomatopoeic origin, such as Ukrainian грак (hrak, “rook”) and крук (kruk, “raven”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡrat͡ɕ]

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Noun

грач • (grač) m anim (genitive грача́, nominative plural грачи́, genitive plural граче́й)

1. rook (a black bird whose large flocks signal the arrival of spring)

Declension

Declension of грач (anim masc-form sibilant-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	гра́ч gráč	грачи́ gračí
genitive	грача́ gračá	граче́й gračéj
dative	грачу́ gračú	грача́м gračám
accusative	грача́ gračá	граче́й gračéj
instrumental	грачо́м gračóm	грача́ми gračámi
prepositional	граче́ gračé	грача́х gračáx

Further reading

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

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian грачъ, кграчъ (hrač, grač), from Proto-Slavic *jьgračь. By surface analysis, гра́ти (hráty) +‎ -ач (-ač).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɦrat͡ʃ]

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Noun

грач • (hrač) m pers (genitive грача́, nominative plural грачі́, genitive plural грачі́в)

1. player, gamer (one who plays any game)

   Synonyms: граве́ць (hravécʹ), грець (hrecʹ), картя́р (kartjár)

2. (rare, music) player (one who plays on a musical instrument)

   Synonyms: музика́нт (muzykánt), музи́ка (muzýka), граве́ць (hravécʹ), грець (hrecʹ), оркестра́нт (orkestránt), викона́вець (vykonávecʹ)

Declension

Declension of грач (pers semisoft masc-form accent-b)

	singular	plural
nominative	грач hrač	грачі́ hračí
genitive	грача́ hračá	грачі́в hračív
dative	граче́ві, грачу́ hračévi, hračú	грача́м hračám
accusative	грача́ hračá	грачі́в hračív
instrumental	граче́м hračém	грача́ми hračámy
locative	граче́ві, грачу́, грачі́ hračévi, hračú, hračí	грача́х hračáx
vocative	гра́чу hráču	грачі́ hračí

Derived terms

• ні грач, ні помага́ч (ni hrač, ni pomaháč)