Bulgarian

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  • IPA(key): [vrak]
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  • Rhymes: -ak

Etymology 1

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

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враг (vragm

  1. enemy, foe, fiend, nemesis
    Synonyms: неприя́тел (neprijátel), не́дник (nédnik)
  2. opponent, adversary, antagonist
    Synonym: проти́вник (protívnik)
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Etymology 2

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

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враг (vragm

  1. (dialectal) dale, gorge with steep slopes
    Synonym: (colloquial) дере (dere)
  2. (figurative, dialectal) large wound
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Macedonian

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Etymology

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

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враг (vragm (plural врагови)

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

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Russian

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Etymology

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

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враг (vragm 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); (colloquial, lowered) вражи́на (vražína)
    Antonym: друг (drug)
    враг наро́даvrag naródaEnemy of the People

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References

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

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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

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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.

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Further reading

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

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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

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

  1. (poetic) enemy, foe
  2. devil
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:чорт

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