vrah

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vorgъ. Cognates include Russian враг (vrag, “enemy”), a false friend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvrax]

Noun

1. murderer

Derived terms

• bratrovrah, královrah, matkovrah, otcovrah, sebevrah

Related terms

• vrahoun
• vražda
• vražednice

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vorgъ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvrax/

Noun

vrah m (genitive singular vraha, nominative plural vrahovia, genitive plural vrahov, declension pattern of chlap)

1. murderer

Declension

Declension of vrah

	singular	plural
nominative	vrah	vrahovia
genitive	vraha	vrahov
dative	vrahovi	vrahom
accusative	vraha	vrahov
locative	vrahovi	vrahoch
instrumental	vrahom	vrahmi

Derived terms

• vrahyňa

Further reading

• “vrah”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024