See also: modrak, Modrak, and modrāk

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Etymology edit

From modrý (blue) +‎ -ák.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈmodraːk]
  • Hyphenation: mo‧d‧rák

Noun edit

modrák m anim

  1. (informal) carp with a blue body, such as a black carp
  2. blue-colored breed of pigeon or rabbit
  3. (rare, archaic) person wearing blue clothing

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modrák m inan

  1. (colloquial) anything blue (e.g. a handkerchief)
  2. (botany) cornflower or bachelor's button (an annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, Centaurea cyanus, whose flowers are most commonly an intense blue color)
  3. (technical slang) blueprint
    Synonym: blueprint
  4. (vernacular) dumpling made of raw grated potatoes
  5. (dialectal) Alternative form of modřina (bruise)

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modrák m inan

  1. (colloquial) an edible fungus of the bolete family, Neoboletus luridiformis, whose tubes become blue quickly on cutting
    Synonym: modrající hřib
    Na houbách našli modráka a dva hřiby.While hunting mushrooms, they found one blue-turning bolete and two boletes.

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Further reading edit

  • modrák in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • modrák in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Slovak edit

 
modrák, slávik modrák tundrový
(Luscinia svecica svecica)

Etymology edit

From modrý (blue) +‎ -ák.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

modrák m anim (genitive singular modráka, nominative plural modráky, declension pattern of dub or (used in singular forms in bird names) chlap)

  1. bluethroat, a small passerine bird, Luscinia svecica, the male in spring having a bright blue throat

Declension edit

 
modrák, hríb zrnitohlúbikový
(Neoboletus luridiformis)
 
modrák, nevädza poľná
(Centaurea cyanus)

Noun edit

modrák m inan (genitive singular modráka, nominative plural modráky, declension pattern of dub)

  1. (colloquial, vernacular) an edible fungus of the bolete family, Neoboletus luridiformis, whose tubes become blue quickly on cutting
    Synonym: (taxonomic name) hríb zrnitohlúbikový
  2. (vernacular) any blue(ish) potato variety
  3. (vernacular) cornflower or bachelor's button, an annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, Centaurea cyanus, whose flowers are most commonly an intense blue colour
    Synonym: (taxonomic name) nevädza poľná
  4. (colloquial) singular of modráky

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Further reading edit

  • modrák”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024