гарван

Bulgarian

Гарван

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gavornъ, a conflation of the call га-га (ga-ga, “kra-kra”) + вран (vran, “crow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡarvɐn]

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Noun

га́рван • (gárvan) m (relational adjective га́рванов)

1. raven (Corvus corax)

   Synonym: (dialectal) га́лун (gálun)

   га́рван га́рвану око́ не ва́ди

   gárvan gárvanu okó ne vádi

   there is honor among thieves, dog does not eat dog

   (literally, “a raven does not remove a(nother) raven's eye”)

Declension

Declension of га́рван

	singular	plural
indefinite	га́рван gárvan	га́рвани gárvani
definite (subject form)	га́рванът gárvanǎt	га́рваните gárvanite
definite (object form)	га́рвана gárvana
count form	—	га́рвана gárvana
vocative form	га́рване gárvane	га́рвани gárvani
dative form	га́рвану1 gárvanu1	—

¹Archaic.

Alternative forms

• га́вран (gávran) — outdated, dialectal

Related terms

• га́га (gága, “bird's mouth, beak”) (dialectal)
• га́кам (gákam, “to crow”)
• га́рга (gárga, “jackdaw”)

References

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