водач

Bulgarian

Etymology

во́дя (vódja, “to lead”) +‎ -ач (-ač)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [voˈdat͡ʃ]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -at͡ʃ
• Homophone: Водач (Vodač)
• Syllabification^(key): во‧дач

Noun

вода́ч • (vodáč) m (feminine вода́чка)

1. guide (person who leads or shows the way)

   А кой ще ни во́ди? Вода́чът кой е?

   A koj šte ni vódi? Vodáčǎt koj e?

   And who will lead us? Who is the guide?

2. leader, alpha (of a herd, flock, or pack of animals)

   Обикнове́но това́ въ́рши вода́чът на ста́дото.

   Obiknovéno tová vǎ́rši vodáčǎt na stádoto.

   Usually, the leader of the herd does this.

3. leader, head, chief (of a nation, political party, uprising, strike, or group)

   Synonyms: вожд (vožd), ли́дер (líder), ръководи́тел (rǎkovodítel)

   наро́ден вода́ч

   naróden vodáč

   national leader

4. driver (of a motor vehicle)

   Synonym: шофьо́р (šofjór)

   вода́ч на мото́рно прево́зно сре́дство

   vodáč na motórno prevózno srédstvo

   driver of a motor vehicle

5. (sports, by extension) leader, front-runner (person or team in first place in a competition)
6. (mechanics) guide (machine part that directs the movement of another part)
7. (dated) guidebook

   Synonym: пътеводи́тел (pǎtevodítel)

Declension

Declension of вода́ч

	singular	plural
indefinite	вода́ч vodáč	вода́чи vodáči
definite (subject form)	вода́чът vodáčǎt	вода́чите vodáčite
definite (object form)	вода́ча vodáča
vocative form	вода́чо vodáčo	вода́чи vodáči

Related terms

• вожд (vožd, “chief”)
• во́дник (vódnik, “ductor”) (dialectal)
• воево́да (voevóda, “voivoda”)

References

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

Macedonian

Etymology

By surface analysis, води (vodi, “to lead, guide”) +‎ -ач (-ač).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɔdat͡ʃ]
• Hyphenation: во‧дач

Noun

водач • (vodač) m (plural водачи, feminine водачка, relational adjective водачки)

1. guide
2. leader

   Synonym: лидер (lider)

Declension

Declension of водач

	singular	plural
indefinite	водач (vodač)	водачи (vodači)
definite unspecified	водачот (vodačot)	водачите (vodačite)
definite proximal	водачов (vodačov)	водачиве (vodačive)
definite distal	водачон (vodačon)	водачине (vodačine)
vocative	водачу (vodaču)	водачи (vodači)
count form	—	водача (vodača)

Derived terms

• војсководач m (vojskovodač)
• коњоводач m (konjovodač)
• ороводач m (orovodač)
• сменоводач m (smenovodač)

Related terms

• водилка f (vodilka)
• водило n (vodilo)
• водител m (voditel)
• водителка f (voditelka)
• водич m (vodič)
• војсководец m (vojskovodec)
• војсководител m (vojskovoditel)
• деловодител m (delovoditel)
• книговодител m (knigovoditel)
• поводник m (povodnik)
• предводник m (predvodnik)
• работоводител m (rabotovoditel)
• раководител m (rakovoditel)
• раководителка f (rakovoditelka)
• сметководител m (smetkovoditel)
• сметководителка f (smetkovoditelka)

References

• “водач” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu