мраченик

Bulgarian

Etymology

From мрак (mrak, “darkness”) +‎ -еник (-enik), called so because nightjars typically hunt at dusk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmrat͡ʃɛnik]

Noun

мра́ченик • (mráčenik) m

  1. nightjar, nighthawk (nocturnal bird of family Caprimulgidae)
    Synonyms: козодо́й (kozodój), но́щна ля́стовица (nóštna ljástovica)

Declension

Declension of мра́ченик
singular plural
indefinite мра́ченик
mráčenik 		мра́ченици
mráčenici
definite
(subject form) 		мра́ченикът
mráčenikǎt 		мра́чениците
mráčenicite
definite
(object form) 		мра́ченика
mráčenika
count form — мра́ченика
mráčenika
vocative form мра́ченико
mráčeniko 		мра́ченици
mráčenici
  • мрачи́ло (mračílo, “dusk, twilight”)
  • помрачи́тел (pomračítel, “darkness-bringer, eclipser”)

References

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