мраченик

Bulgarian

Мраченик

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmrat͡ʃenik]

Noun

мра́ченик • (mráčenik) m

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

Declension

Declension of мра́ченик

	singular	plural
indefinite	мра́ченик mráčenik	мра́ченици mráčenici
definite (subject form)	мра́ченикът mráčenikǎt	мра́чениците mráčenicite
definite (object form)	мра́ченика mráčenika	мра́чениците mráčenicite
count form	—	мра́ченика mráčenika
vocative form	мра́ченико mráčeniko	мра́ченици mráčenici

Related terms

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

References

мраченик in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
мраченик in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)

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