мраченик

Bulgarian

Мраченик

Etymology

From мрак (mrak, “darkness”) +‎ -еник (-enik), called so because nightjars typically hunt at dusk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmrat͡ʃɛnik]

Noun

мра́ченик • (mráčenik) m

  1. nightjar, nighthawk (nocturnal bird of family Caprimulgidae)
    Synonyms: козодо́й (kozodój), но́щна ля́стовица (nóštna ljástovica)

Declension

  • мрачи́ло (mračílo, “dusk, twilight”)
  • помрачи́тел (pomračítel, “darkness-bringer, eclipser”)

References

  • “мраченик”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “мраченик”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
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