bagr

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Dutch baggermachine (“a machine to remove mud”), from bagger (“mud”). Cognates include German Bagger, Bulgarian ба́гер (báger), and Serbo-Croatian bager.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaɡr̩]

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Noun

bagr m inan

1. excavator (digging machine)
2. (volleyball, jargon) forearm pass, bump

Declension

Declension of bagr (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	bagr	bagry
genitive	bagru	bagrů
dative	bagru	bagrům
accusative	bagr	bagry
vocative	bagre, bagře	bagry
locative	bagru	bagrech
instrumental	bagrem	bagry

Derived terms

• bagrista
• bagrovat

Further reading

• “bagr”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “bagr”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “bagr”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025