палач

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

Agent noun of па́ля (pálja, “to ignite fire”) +‎ -ач (-ač).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɐˈɫat͡ʃ]

Noun

пала́ч • (paláč) m (rare)

1. fireraiser

Declension

Declension of пала́ч

	singular	plural
indefinite	пала́ч paláč	пала́чи paláči
definite (subject form)	пала́чът paláčǎt	пала́чите paláčite
definite (object form)	пала́ча paláča
count form	—	пала́ча paláča
vocative form	пала́чо paláčo	пала́чи paláči

Related terms

• паля́к (palják, “easily agitated person”) (colloquail)
• пали́тел (palítel), подпалва́ч (podpalváč, “arsonist”) (agent nouns)
• пали́ло (palílo), пали́ч (palíč, “incendiary”) (instrumental nouns)
• пали́во (palívo, “fuel, material for ignition”)

References

• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “палач¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 23

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian пала́ч (paláč), of unclear origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɐˈɫat͡ʃ]

Noun

пала́ч • (paláč) m (standard)

1. executioner

   Synonym: екзеку́тор (ekzekútor)

2. (figurative) tormentor, torturer

   Synonyms: изтеза́тел (iztezátel), мъчи́тел (mǎčítel)

Declension

Declension of пала́ч

	singular	plural
indefinite	пала́ч paláč	пала́чи paláči
definite (subject form)	пала́чът paláčǎt	пала́чите paláčite
definite (object form)	пала́ча paláča
count form	—	пала́ча paláča
vocative form	пала́чо paláčo	пала́чи paláči

Related terms

• па́лица (pálica), па́лка (pálka, “staff, cudgel”) (possibly)

References

• “палач”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “палач”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “палач²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 23

Anagrams

• плача (plača), чапла (čapla)

Macedonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpaɫat͡ʃ]
• Hyphenation: па‧лач

Noun

палач • (palač) m (plural палачи, relational adjective палачен)

1. (literary, rare) executioner, hangman

   Synonyms: џелат (dželat), главосек (glavosek), главорез (glavorez), погубник (pogubnik), бесач (besač)

Declension

Declension of палач

	singular	plural
indefinite	палач (palač)	палачи (palači)
definite unspecified	палачот (palačot)	палачите (palačite)
definite proximal	палачов (palačov)	палачиве (palačive)
definite distal	палачон (palačon)	палачине (palačine)
vocative	палачу (palaču)	палачи (palači)
count form	—	палача (palača)

References

• “палач” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Anagrams

• лапач (lapač)

Russian

Alternative forms

• пала́чъ (paláč) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Often ascribed to Turkish pala (“sword”) +‎ -ач (-ač) or *palacı (“sword bearer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɐˈɫat͡ɕ]

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• Rhymes: -at͡ɕ

Noun

пала́ч • (paláč) m anim (genitive палача́, nominative plural палачи́, genitive plural палаче́й)

1. (also figuratively) executioner, hangman

Declension

Declension of пала́ч (anim masc-form sibilant-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	пала́ч paláč	палачи́ palačí
genitive	палача́ palačá	палаче́й palačéj
dative	палачу́ palačú	палача́м palačám
accusative	палача́ palačá	палаче́й palačéj
instrumental	палачо́м palačóm	палача́ми palačámi
prepositional	палаче́ palačé	палача́х palačáx