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врач

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Kumyk

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Etymology

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From Russian врач (vrač).

Noun

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врач (wraç)

  1. physician
    Synonyms: доктор (doktor), эмчи (emçi)

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Macedonian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьračь.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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врач (vračm (feminine врачка)

  1. witch doctor, medicine man, healer

Declension

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Declension of врач
singular plural
indefinite врач (vrač) врачеви (vračevi)
definite unspecified врачот (vračot) врачевите (vračevite)
definite proximal врачов (vračov) врачевиве (vračevive)
definite distal врачон (vračon) врачевине (vračevine)
vocative врачу (vraču) врачеви (vračevi)
count form врача (vrača)

Russian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic врачь (vračĭ), from Proto-Slavic *vьračь. By surface analysis, врать (vratʹ) +‎ -ач (-ač). Originally meant "witch-doctor, enchanter".

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [vrat͡ɕ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -at͡ɕ

Noun

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врач (vračm anim (genitive врача́, nominative plural врачи́, genitive plural враче́й)

  1. (medicine, formal) therapist, not surgeon, not hospital nurse
    Synonym: терапе́вт (terapévt, tɛrapévt)
  2. doc, vet, medic, physician, doctor
    Synonyms: до́ктор (dóktor), зна́харь (znáxarʹ), ле́карь (lékarʹ), цели́тель (celítelʹ)
    Ка́ждый день я́блоко одно́ — врачу́ остава́ться далеко́
    Káždyj denʹ jábloko odnó — vračú ostavátʹsja dalekó
    An apple a day keeps the doctor away
    (literally, “every day apple a-one is for the physician to stay away”)

Usage notes

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  1. A female medical doctor is referred to as врач (vrač), or же́нщина-врач (žénščina-vrač), or, colloquially only, врачи́ха (vračíxa), which is dispreferred.
  2. The archaic vocative form вра́чу (vráču) is currently found only in the set phrase:
    вра́чу, исцели́ся самvráču, iscelísja samphysician, heal thyself

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Yakut: быраас (bıraas)

Anagrams

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьračь.

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Noun

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вра̑ч m (Latin spelling vrȃč)

  1. witch doctor (shamanistic priest in aboriginal cultures)
  2. (obsolete) physician, doctor

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Yakut

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian врач (vrač).

Noun

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врач (vrac)

  1. doctor

Alternative forms

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