modrak

See also: Modrak, modrák, and modrāk

Polish

Alternative forms

• modrák (Kielce)
• modrok (Łowicz, Bobrowniki, Różyce, Kocierzew, Gągolin Południowy, Płaskocin)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *modʰrosder.

Proto-Slavic *modrъ

Polish modry

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂kos

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-āˀkas

Proto-Slavic *-akъ

Old Polish -ak

Polish -ak

Polish modrak

From modry + -ak.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.drak/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Central Greater Poland) IPA^(key): [ˈmɔ.drak]

• Rhymes: -ɔdrak
• Syllabification: mo‧drak
• Homophone: Modrak

Noun

modrak m animal

1. blue rock thrush (Monticola solitarius)

Declension

Declension of modrak

	singular	plural
nominative	modrak	modraki
genitive	modraka	modraków
dative	modrakowi	modrakom
accusative	modraka	modraki
instrumental	modrakiem	modrakami
locative	modraku	modrakach
vocative	modraku	modraki

Noun

modrak m inan (diminutive modraczek)

1. any plant of the genus Crambe
2. (Central Greater Poland) cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bławatek

Declension

Declension of modrak

	singular	plural
nominative	modrak	modraki
genitive	modraku	modraków
dative	modrakowi	modrakom
accusative	modrak	modraki
instrumental	modrakiem	modrakami
locative	modraku	modrakach
vocative	modraku	modraki

Further reading

• “modrak”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “modrak”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Oskar Kolberg (1877), “modrak”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 20