абракадабра

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abracadabra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐbrɐkɐˈdabrɐ]
  • Audio (Standard Bulgarian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -abrɐ
  • Syllabification(key): а‧бра‧ка‧да‧бра
  • Hyphenation(key): аб‧ра‧ка‧даб‧ра

Noun

абракада́бра • (abrakadábraf

  1. (occult) abracadabra! (said by performing magician to indicate the moment of performing a magical trick or illusion)
  2. (figuratively) nonsense, gibberish
    Synonyms: а́ла-ба́ла (ála-bála), безсмислица (bezsmislica), глу́пост (glúpost), дрънканица (drǎnkanica), идиотизъм (idiotizǎm), идиотщина (idiotština), тинтири-минтири (tintiri-mintiri), тъпотия (tǎpotija)

Declension

Declension of абракада́бра
singular plural
indefinite абракада́бра
abrakadábra
абракада́бри1
abrakadábri1
definite абракада́брата
abrakadábrata
абракада́брите1
abrakadábrite1

1Only for Sense 2.

References

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

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abracadabra.

Pronunciation

Noun

абракада́бра • (abrakadábraf inan (genitive абракада́бры, nominative plural абракада́бры, genitive plural абракада́бр)

  1. nonsense, gibberish
    Synonym: бессмы́слица (bessmýslica)
  2. abracadabra

Declension

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐbrɐkɐˈdabrɐ]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

абракада́бра • (abrakadábraf inan (genitive абракада́бри, nominative plural абракада́бри, genitive plural абракада́бр)

  1. (rare) nonsense, gibberish

Declension

Declension of абракада́бра
(inan hard fem-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative абракада́бра
abrakadábra
абракада́бри
abrakadábry
genitive абракада́бри
abrakadábry
абракада́бр
abrakadábr
dative абракада́брі
abrakadábri
абракада́брам
abrakadábram
accusative абракада́бру
abrakadábru
абракада́бри
abrakadábry
instrumental абракада́брою
abrakadábroju
абракада́брами
abrakadábramy
locative абракада́брі
abrakadábri
абракада́брах
abrakadábrax
vocative абракада́бро
abrakadábro
абракада́бри
abrakadábry

References