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капитан

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Bulgarian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from French capitaine. First attested in 1850.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [kɐpiˈtan]
    • Audio (Standard Bulgarian):(file)
    • Rhymes: -an
    • Syllabification(key): ка‧пи‧тан

    Noun

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    капита́н (kapitánm (relational adjective капита́нски)

    1. (military, in the singular) captain (an officer rank in the army lower than a major and higher than a senior lieutenant)
    2. (military) captain (a person holding such a rank)
    3. (nautical) captain (a commander or head of a watercraft)
      То́я добъ́р чове́к бе́ше капита́н на парахо́д.
      Tója dobǎ́r čovék béše kapitán na parahód.
      That good man was a steamboat captain.
    4. (sports) captain (a leader of a sports team)
      Боб Те́йлър, капита́нът на англи́йския отбо́р, бе́ше син на бе́ден провинциа́лен адвока́т от едно́ ма́лко градче́ в Уе́лс.
      Bob Téjlǎr, kapitánǎt na anglíjskija otbór, béše sin na béden provinciálen advokát ot ednó málko gradčé v Uéls.
      Bob Taylor, the captain of the English team, was the son of a poor provincial lawyer from a small town in Wales.

    Declension

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    Declension of капита́н
    singular plural
    indefinite капита́н
    kapitán
    капита́ни
    kapitáni
    definite
    (subject form)
    капита́нът
    kapitánǎt
    капита́ните
    kapitánite
    definite
    (object form)
    капита́на
    kapitána
    vocative form капита́не
    kapitáne
    капита́ни
    kapitáni

    References

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

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    Kazakh

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    Alternative scripts
    Arabic كاپيتان
    Cyrillic капитан
    Latin kapitan

    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Russian капита́н (kapitán), from French capitaine, from Late Latin capitāneus.

    Noun

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    капитан (kapitan)

    1. captain, commander, master, skipper, team leader
    2. (military) captain

    Declension

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    Declension of капитан
    singular plural
    nominative капитан (kapitan) капитандар (kapitandar)
    genitive капитанның (kapitannyñ) капитандардың (kapitandardyñ)
    dative капитанға (kapitanğa) капитандарға (kapitandarğa)
    accusative капитанды (kapitandy) капитандарды (kapitandardy)
    locative капитанда (kapitanda) капитандарда (kapitandarda)
    ablative капитаннан (kapitannan) капитандардан (kapitandardan)
    instrumental капитанмен (kapitanmen) капитандармен (kapitandarmen)
    similative капитандай (kapitandai) капитандарда (kapitandarda)

    Derived terms

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    Russian

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Polish kapitan. Further from Latin capitāneus, from Latin caput (whence also шеф (šef)).

    Compare typologically глава́ (glavá), голова́ (golová), глава́рь (glavárʹ).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    капита́н (kapitánm anim (genitive капита́на, nominative plural капита́ны, genitive plural капита́нов, relational adjective капита́нский)

    1. captain, commander, master, skipper, team leader
    2. (military) captain

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    Further reading

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    Yakut

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Russian капитан (kapitan). Related with English captain.

    Noun

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    капитан (kapitan)

    1. captain
      борокуот капитанаborokuot kapitanacaptain of a steamer
    2. (military) captain
      капитан званиетаkapitan zvaniyetathe rank of captain