крячка

Bulgarian

Дългоопашата крячка

Etymology

From кря́кам (krjákam, “to screech, to croack”) +‎ -ка (-ka), one of the three characteristic cries of shrikes (the other two being peeping and chirping). Compare Russian кря́ква (krjákva, “mallard duck”), Ukrainian кря́чка (krjáčka, “frog”) (dialectal).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkrʲa̟t͡ʃkɐ]

Noun

кря́чка • (krjáčka) f

1. (literally) female screecher, croaker

   Synonym: кре́сла (krésla)

2. (dialectal) screeching bird (particularly shrikes)

   Synonyms: свра́чка (svráčka), (standard) кола́чка (koláčka)

Declension

Declension of кря́чка

	singular	plural
indefinite	кря́чка krjáčka	кря́чки krjáčki
definite	кря́чката krjáčkata	кря́чките krjáčkite
vocative form	кря́чке krjáčke	кря́чки krjáčki

Alternative forms

• кря́кла (krjákla) — dialectal

Related terms

• кря́кам (krjákam, “to croak, to screech”)
  • кря́кот (krjákot, “shriek”)
  • креч (kreč, “shriek, cicada”) (dialectal)
• къ́ркавец (kǎ́rkavec, “corvid”) (dialectal)

References

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