modrák
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modrák m anim
- (informal) carp with a blue body, such as a black carp
- blue-colored breed of pigeon or rabbit
- (rare, archaic) person wearing blue clothing
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modrák m inan
- (colloquial) anything blue (e.g. a handkerchief)
- (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)
- (technical slang) blueprint
- Synonym: blueprint
- (vernacular) dumpling made of raw grated potatoes
- (dialectal) Alternative form of modřina (“bruise”)
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modrák m inan
- (colloquial) an edible fungus of the bolete family, Neoboletus luridiformis, whose tubes become blue quickly on cutting
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modrák m anim (genitive singular modráka, nominative plural modráky, declension pattern of dub or (used in singular forms in bird names) chlap)
- bluethroat, a small passerine bird, Luscinia svecica, the male in spring having a bright blue throat
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Declension of modrák
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modrák m inan (genitive singular modráka, nominative plural modráky, declension pattern of dub)
- (colloquial, vernacular) an edible fungus of the bolete family, Neoboletus luridiformis, whose tubes become blue quickly on cutting
- Synonym: (taxonomic name) hríb zrnitohlúbikový
- (vernacular) any blue(ish) potato variety
- (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
- (colloquial) singular of modráky
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Declension of modrák
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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