дурак

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian дура́к (durák), morphologically analyzable as дур (dur, “brutal, boorish”) (obsolete) +‎ -ак (-ak).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [doˈrak]

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Noun

дура́к • (durák) m (feminine дура́чка) (obsolescent)

1. boor, churl, hulk

Declension

Declension of дура́к

	singular	plural
indefinite	дура́к durák	дура́ци duráci
definite (subject form)	дура́кът durákǎt	дура́ците durácite
definite (object form)	дура́ка duráka
vocative form	дура́ко duráko	дура́ци duráci

References

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

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dʊˈrak]

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Noun

дура́к • (durák) m anim (genitive дурака́, nominative plural дураки́, genitive plural дурако́в, feminine ду́ра, diminutive дурачо́к or дура́шка)

1. (derogatory) fool, simpleton, idiot (stupid person with poor judgment)
2. (card games) durak (a simple card game in which the last player holding cards in their hand is the loser)

Declension

Declension of дура́к (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	дура́к durák	дураки́ durakí
genitive	дурака́ duraká	дурако́в durakóv
dative	дураку́ durakú	дурака́м durakám
accusative	дурака́ duraká	дурако́в durakóv
instrumental	дурако́м durakóm	дурака́ми durakámi
prepositional	дураке́ duraké	дурака́х durakáx

Derived terms

• без дурако́в (bez durakóv)

Related terms

• ду́ра (dúra)
• ду́рень (dúrenʹ)
• дура́цкий (duráckij)
• дурёха (durjóxa)

Descendants

• → Ingrian: durakka
• → Latgalian: duraks
• → Latvian: duraks

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dʊˈrak]

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Noun

дура́к • (durák) m pers (genitive дурака́, nominative plural дураки́, genitive plural дуракі́в, feminine ду́ра, diminutive дурачо́к) (colloquial)

1. fool, simpleton, idiot (stupid person with poor judgment)
2. (card games) durak (a simple card game in which the last player holding cards in their hand is the loser)

Declension

Declension of дура́к (pers velar masc-form accent-b)

	singular	plural
nominative	дура́к durák	дураки́ duraký
genitive	дурака́ duraká	дуракі́в durakív
dative	дурако́ві, дураку́ durakóvi, durakú	дурака́м durakám
accusative	дурака́ duraká	дуракі́в durakív
instrumental	дурако́м durakóm	дурака́ми durakámy
locative	дурако́ві, дураку́ durakóvi, durakú	дурака́х durakáx
vocative	дура́че duráče	дураки́ duraký

Synonyms

• ду́рень (dúrenʹ)

Further reading

• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “дура́к”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “дурак”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2013), “дура́к”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (д – жучо́к), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN