зрак

Bulgarian

зрак светлина (Meaning 1)

лунен зрак (Meaning 2)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zorkъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zrak]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ak

Noun

зрак • (zrak) m (relational adjective зра́чен)

1. (poetic, usually in the singular) small ray, flicker, glimmer
2. (poetic, usually in the singular) faint or obscure light, twilight
3. (literary, uncountable) gaze, glance, look

   Synonyms: погле́д (pogléd), взор (vzor)

4. (dialectal) apparition, phantom

Declension

Declension of зрак

	singular	plural
indefinite	зрак zrak	зра́кове, зра́ци zrákove, zráci
definite (subject form)	зра́кът zrákǎt	зра́ковете, зра́ците zrákovete, zrácite
definite (object form)	зра́ка zráka
count form	—	зра́ка zráka

Alternative forms

• здрак (zdrak), ждрак (ždrak) — dialectal
  • ⇒ здрач (zdrač, “dusk, twilight”) (i-stem)

Derived terms

• при́зрак (prízrak, “apparition”), призра́чен (prizráčen)
• зра́чен (zráčen)
  • взра́чен (vzráčen) (rare) ⇒ невзра́чен (nevzráčen, “unseemly”)
  • прозра́чен (prozráčen, “transparent”)

Related terms

• зор (zor, “sight , vision”) (dialectal)
  • зо́рък (zórǎk, “attentive”)
  • прозо́рец (prozórec, “window”)
• зора́ (zorá, “dawn”), заря́ (zarjá, “illumination”)
• зра (zra), зъ́рвам (zǎ́rvam, “to take a look, to glance”)
  • зре́ние (zrénie, “vision”)
• зърца́ло (zǎrcálo, “mirror”) (dialectal)

References

• “зрак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “зрак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1897), “зракъ, зра́ци”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 165
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “зрак”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 655
• “зракъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zorkъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zrak]

Noun

зрак • (zrak) m (diminutive зракче)

1. a ray, beam
2. (regional) vision, sight, eyesight

Declension

Declension of зрак

	singular	plural
indefinite	зрак (zrak)	зраци (zraci)
definite unspecified	зракот (zrakot)	зраците (zracite)
definite proximal	зраков (zrakov)	зрациве (zracive)
definite distal	зракон (zrakon)	зрацине (zracine)
vocative	зраку (zraku)	зраци (zraci)
count form	—	зрака (zraka)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic зракъ (zrakŭ), from Proto-Slavic *zorkъ. Doublet of зо́рок (zórok), the inherited East Slavic form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zrak]

• Audio:

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Noun

зрак • (zrak) m inan (genitive зра́ка, nominative plural зра́ки, genitive plural зра́ков)

1. (obsolete) look, glance

Declension

Declension of зрак (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	зра́к zrák	зра́ки zráki
genitive	зра́ка zráka	зра́ков zrákov
dative	зра́ку zráku	зра́кам zrákam
accusative	зра́к zrák	зра́ки zráki
instrumental	зра́ком zrákom	зра́ками zrákami
prepositional	зра́ке zráke	зра́ках zrákax

Derived terms

• при́зрак (prízrak)
  • при́зрачный (prízračnyj)
• взра́чный (vzráčnyj)
  • невзра́чный (nevzráčnyj)
• прозра́чный (prozráčnyj)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “зрак”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zorkъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zrâːk/

Noun

зра̑к m inan (Latin spelling zrȃk)

1. (uncountable, Bosnia, Croatia) air

   Synonym: ва̀здӯх — Bosnia, Serbia

2. (countable, Serbia) a ray, beam

   Alternative form: зра̏ка (Bosnia, Croatia)

   Врх хриди црне трне задњи румени зрак. ― Atop the black cliff the last crimson ray disappears.

Declension

Declension of зрак

	singular	plural
nominative	зрак	зраци
genitive	зрака	зрака
dative	зраку	зрацима
accusative	зрак	зраке
vocative	зраче	зраци
locative	зраку	зрацима
instrumental	зраком	зрацима

Derived terms

• зракоплов
• зракомлат

Further reading

• “зрак”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025