котарак

Bulgarian

Etymology

From unattested *kotarъ + -ак (-ak)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kotɐˈrak]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification^(key): ко‧та‧рак

Noun

котара́к • (kotarák) m (feminine ко́тка)

1. tomcat, male cat

   Synonyms: кота́к (koták), кота́н (kotán), котара́н (kotarán)

2. (figuratively) ladies' man, smoothie, charmer (a man who loves to and knows how to attract women)

Declension

Declension of котара́к

	singular	plural
indefinite	котара́к kotarák	котара́ци kotaráci
definite (subject form)	котара́кът kotarákǎt	котара́ците kotarácite
definite (object form)	котара́ка kotaráka
count form	—	котара́ка kotaráka
vocative form	котара́ко kotaráko	котара́ци kotaráci

Descendants

• → Turkish: kotak

References

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