враг

• IPA^(key): [vrak]

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• Rhymes: -ak

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vȏrgъ (with mobile accentuation), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wargás.

враг • (vrag) m

1. enemy, foe, fiend, nemesis

   Synonyms: неприя́тел (neprijátel), не́дник (nédnik)

2. opponent, adversary, antagonist

   Synonym: проти́вник (protívnik)

• “враг¹”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “враг”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1895) “врагъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ.‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 152
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “враг¹”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 178
• “врагъ”, in Старобългарски речник (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vòrgъ or *vьragъ (with fixed accentuation).

враг • (vrag) m

1. (dialectal) dale, gorge with steep slopes

   Synonym: (colloquial) дере (dere)

2. (figurative, dialectal) large wound

• овра́г (ovrág, “ravine”)

• вра́гула (vrágula, “grave, mound”) (dialectal)
• враж (vraž, “sharp, pointy, grave”) (dialectal)

• въ́ргам (vǎ́rgam, “to throw”) (possibly)
• вра́га (vrága, “wound, edema”) (possibly)
• врах (vrah, “heap, pile”) (dialectal)

• “враг²”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1895) “врагъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ.‎^[2] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 152
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “враг²”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 179

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vorgъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wargás.

• IPA^(key): [vrak]

враг • (vrag) m (plural врагови)

1. devil
2. enemy, foe
3. (figuratively) devil (a cunning, witty man)

• ѓавол (ǵavol)
• непријател (neprijatel)

• врагъ (vrag) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic врагъ (vragŭ), from Proto-Slavic *vorgъ. Compare the inherited doublet во́рог (vórog, “enemy, foe”) (poetic).

• IPA^(key): [vrak]

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враг • (vrag) m anim (genitive врага́, nominative plural враги́, genitive plural враго́в, relational adjective вра́жий)

1. enemy, foe

   Synonyms: проти́вник (protívnik), неприя́тель (neprijátelʹ), не́друг (nédrug); (dated, poetic) во́рог (vórog)

   Antonym: друг (drug)

   враг народа ― vrag naroda ― Enemy of the People

• противник (protivnik)

• вражде́бный (vraždébnyj)
• вра́жеский (vrážeskij)
• вражда́ (vraždá)
• враждова́ть (vraždovátʹ)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “враг”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vorgъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wargás.

• IPA^(key): /ʋrâːɡ/

вра̑г m (Latin spelling vrȃg)

1. devil
2. (intensifier) hell

   Koji se vrag upravo dogodio?

   What the hell just happened?

   Nemoj ga smetati. Ljut je kao vrag.

   Don't bother him. He is angry as hell.

• “враг”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

• ура́г (uráh) (rare)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic врагъ (vragŭ), from Proto-Slavic *vorgъ. Compare the inherited doublet во́рог (vóroh, “enemy, foe”).

• IPA^(key): [wraɦ]

враг • (vrah) m pers (genitive врага́, nominative plural враги́, genitive plural врагі́в, relational adjective вра́жий) (chiefly archaic)

1. (poetic) enemy, foe
2. devil

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:чорт

• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “враг”, in Словарь украинского языка (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “враг”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “враг”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “враг”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)