крякот

Bulgarian

Крякот на сокерица

Etymology

кря́кам (krjákam, “to croak, to screech”) +‎ -от (-ot)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkrʲa̟kot]

Noun

кря́кот • (krjákot) m

1. screech, shriek
2. (by extension) screeching call of some songbirds (particularly corvids and shrikes)

Declension

Declension of кря́кот

	singular	plural
indefinite	кря́кот krjákot	кря́коти krjákoti
definite (subject form)	кря́котът krjákotǎt	кря́котите krjákotite
definite (object form)	кря́кота krjákota
count form	—	кря́кота krjákota

Alternative forms

• кре́кот (krékot) — dialectal

Related terms

• кря-кря (krja-krja, “kra-kra”)
  • кря́чка (krjáčka, “shrike”) (dialectal)
• къ́ркам (kǎ́rkam), ку́ркам (kúrkam), кря́кам (krjákam, “to croak, to screech”)
• кря́сък (krjásǎk, “scream”)

References

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