драка

See also: Драка

Bulgarian

Дърво драка

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdrakɐ]

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dьraka.

Noun

дра́ка • (dráka) f (relational adjective дра́кав or дра́кест)

1. thornbush, bramble

   Дра́ка да изде́ре ня́кому очи́те (curse) ― Dráka da izdére njákomu očíte ― [Let] a thorn tear out one's eyes.

   като́ свра́ка на дра́ка (proverb) ― kató svráka na dráka ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) (literally, “as a crow on a bush”)

2. Christ's thorn (tree, Paliurus spina-christi)

   Synonym: (Turkism) джи́гра (džígra)

Declension

Declension of дра́ка

	singular	plural
indefinite	дра́ка dráka	дра́ки dráki
definite	дра́ката drákata	дра́ките drákite

Derived terms

• дра́ча (dráča, “to drag, to pluck”) (dialectal)
• дра́чка (dráčka), дра́кица (drákica) (diminutive)
• дракала́к (drakalák, “shrub”) (dialectal)

Etymology 2

Originally from Russian дро́ка (dróka) (< Proto-Slavic *drokъ); eventually, merged into Etymology 1.

Noun

дра́ка • (dráka) f (relational adjective дракли́в)

1. (figurative) teaser, irritant, quarrelsome/cranky/peevish fellow

   Synonyms: дразни́тел (draznítel), доса́дник (dosádnik)

   той е цяла драка ― toj e cjala draka ― he has a chip on his shoulder

Declension

Declension of дра́ка

	singular	plural
indefinite	дра́ка dráka	дра́ки dráki
definite	дра́ката drákata	дра́ките drákite
vocative form	дра́ко dráko	дра́ки dráki

Related terms

• дра́зня (dráznja, “to irritate”)

References

• “драка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “драка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “драка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 419
• Nayden Gerov (1895) “драка”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 365

Anagrams

• дарак (darak), крада (krada)

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *drokъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdrakə]

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Noun

дра́ка • (dráka) f inan (genitive дра́ки, nominative plural дра́ки, genitive plural драк)

1. scuffle, fight, tussle

   Synonyms: потасо́вка (potasóvka), сва́лка (sválka), бата́лия (batálija)

Declension

Declension of дра́ка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	дра́ка dráka	дра́ки dráki
genitive	дра́ки dráki	дра́к drák
dative	дра́ке dráke	дра́кам drákam
accusative	дра́ку dráku	дра́ки dráki
instrumental	дра́кой, дра́кою drákoj, drákoju	дра́ками drákami
prepositional	дра́ке dráke	дра́ках drákax

Related terms

• драчка (dračka)
• драчу́н (dračún), драчунья (dračunʹja), драчливость (dračlivostʹ)
• драчли́вый (dračlívyj)
• дра́ться (drátʹsja), драть (dratʹ)