ратай

See also: ратаи

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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.