# зрак
## Bulgarian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zorkъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [zrak]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ak

### Noun

зрак • (zrak) m (relational adjective зра́чен)
* (poetic, usually in the singular) ray, beam of light
* (poetic, usually in the singular) low, scattered light
    лу́нен зрак ― lúnen zrak ― moonlight
* (figurative, literary, in the singular) sight, glance, look
    Synonym: погле́д (pogléd)
* (dialectal) apparition, phantom

#### Alternative forms

* здрак (zdrak), ждрак (ždrak) — dialectal

#### Derived terms

* при́зрак (prízrak, “apparition”)
* зра́чен (zráčen)
** взра́чен (vzráčen, “glimmering, shiny, pretty”)
** призра́чен (prizráčen, “spectral, phantasmal”)
** прозра́чен (prozráčen, “transparent”)

#### Related terms

* зра (zra), зъ́рвам (zǎ́rvam, “to sight, to glance”)
** незря́щ (nezrjášt, “blind, devoid of sight”)
* зор (zor, “sight , vision”) (dialectal)
** зо́рец (zórec) (obsolete)
*** прозо́рец (prozórec, “window”)
** зо́рък (zórǎk, “attentive”)
* зора́ (zorá, “dawn”)
* заря́ (zarjá, “fireworks show, illumination”)
* здрач (zdrač, “dusk, twilight”)
* зърца́ло (zǎrcálo, “mirror”) (dialectal)

### References

* “зрак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “зрак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “зрак”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 655
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “здрак”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 628
* зракъ in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zorkъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [zrak]

### Noun

зрак • (zrak) m (diminutive зракче)
* a ray, beam
* (regional) vision, sight, eyesight

#### Declension
## Russian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic зракъ (zrakŭ), from Proto-Slavic *zorkъ. Doublet of зо́рок (zórok), the inherited East Slavic form.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [zrak]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

зрак • (zrak) m inan (genitive зра́ка, nominative plural зра́ки, genitive plural зра́ков)
* (obsolete) look, glance

#### Derived terms

* при́зрак (prízrak)
** при́зрачный (prízračnyj)
* взра́чный (vzráčnyj)
** невзра́чный (nevzráčnyj)
* прозра́чный (prozráčnyj)

### References

* Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “зрак”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zorkъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zrâːk/

### Noun

зра̑к m (Latin spelling zrȃk)
* (uncountable, Bosnia, Croatia) air
    Synonym: (Bosnia, Serbia) ва̀здӯх
* (countable, Serbia) a ray, beam
    Synonym: (Bosnia, Croatia) зра̏ка
    Врх хриди црне трне задњи румени зрак. ― Atop the black cliff the last crimson ray disappears.

#### Derived terms

* зракоплов
* зракомлат