натрака
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Bulgarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]By surface analysis, на- (na-) + тра́ка (tráka, “twirl, gyration”) (dated) (cf. Old Church Slavonic тракъ (trakŭ, “strap”)).
Noun
[edit]натра́ка • (natráka) m (dialectal)
- (figurative) braggart, swaggerer (confident and haughty person)
Usage notes
[edit]The word is conjugated as a feminine ā-stem, but syntactically it is of masculine gender.
Declension
[edit]Declension of натра́ка
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | натра́ка natráka |
натра́ки natráki |
| definite | натра́ката natrákata |
натра́ките natrákite |
| vocative form | натра́ко natráko |
натра́ки natráki |
Derived terms
[edit]- натра́кан (natrákan, “haughty”)
References
[edit]- “натрака”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “натра́ка”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 232