ратай

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ortajь. By surface analysis, ора́ (orá, “to plow”) +‎ -тай (-taj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rɐˈtaj]

Noun

рата́й • (ratáj) m (feminine рата́йка)

1. farmhand (person who works in agriculture)

   Synonyms: арга́тин (argátin), фéрмер (férmer)

Declension

Declension of рата́й

	singular	plural
indefinite	рата́й ratáj	рата́и ratái
definite (subject form)	рата́ят ratájat	рата́ите ratáite
definite (object form)	рата́я ratája
count form	—	рата́я ratája
vocative form	рата́ю ratáju	рата́и ratái

References

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