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крак

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *korkъ (limb, span).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [krak]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ak

Noun

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крак (krakm (diminutive краче́)

  1. leg
  2. foot
    Synonyms: нога́ (nogá), стъпа́ло (stǎpálo), ходи́ло (hodílo)
  3. paddle (a flat limb of an aquatic animal, adapted for swimming)

Usage notes

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Modern Bulgarian does not make specific distinction between leg and foot, however, originally крак (krak) was used for the movable part of the limb (that spans), while нога́ (nogá) (originally: claw), стъпа́ло (stǎpálo) (literary: stepping tool) or ходи́ло (hodílo) (literary: walking tool) are used for the static appendage (that supports).

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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

Macedonian

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Noun

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крак (krakm

  1. edge (of a geometric shape)
  2. ray
  3. tentacle

Declension

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Declension of крак
singular plural
indefinite крак (krak) краци (kraci)
definite unspecified кракот (krakot) краците (kracite)
definite proximal краков (krakov) крациве (kracive)
definite distal кракон (krakon) крацине (kracine)
vocative краку (kraku) краци (kraci)
count form крака (kraka)

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *korkъ. Cognate with Bulgarian крак (krak, leg, foot).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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кра̑к m (Latin spelling krȃk)

  1. limb (of a frog and certain animals such as octopus or crab)
  2. fork, branch (of a river, road, etc.)
  3. (dialectal) human leg

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Further reading

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  • крак”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • крак”, in Raskovnik [Dictionary portal Raskovnik of the Institute for the Serbian Language, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts] (in Serbo-Croatian), http://raskovnik.org, 2015–2025