# страх
## Belarusian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *straxъ.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

страх • (strax) m inan (genitive стра́ху, nominative plural стра́хі, genitive plural стра́хаў)
* fear, fright, scare

#### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

### Adverb

стра́х • (stráx)
* (colloquial) awfully; a lot

### References

* “страх” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

## Bulgarian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *straxъ.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

страх • (strah) m (relational adjective стра́шен or стра́хов)
* fear, fright, scare
    Synonyms: упла́ха (upláha), боя́зън (bojázǎn)
    Ме́чка страх, мен не страх!Méčka strah, men ne strah!It is frightening, but I am not scared!(literally, “The bear (is) scared, [but] (there is) no fear in me”)
* phobia
    Synonym: фо́бия (fóbija)

#### Derived terms

* страша́ pf (strašá), страша́вам impf (strašávam, “to frighten, to endanger”) (dated)
* страху́вам се (strahúvam se, “to be scared, afraid”)
* Стра́хил (Stráhil), Стра́шил (Strášil), Страшими́р (Strašimír) (personal names)
* стра́шилище (strášilište, “scarecrow, boogaboo”)
* страхота́ (strahotá, “horror”) (dialectal, obsolete)
** страхо́тен (strahóten, “awesome, horrific”)
* страхо́вит (strahóvit, “frightening”)
* страхли́в (strahlív, “fearful, cowardly”)
** страхли́вец m (strahlívec), страхли́вка f (strahlívka, “coward, chickenheart”)

#### Related terms

* стря́скам (strjáskam, “to scare”)

### References

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

### Anagrams

* храст (hrast)

## Russian
### Alternative forms

* страхъ (strax) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *straxъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [strax]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ax

### Noun

страх • (strax) m inan (genitive стра́ха, nominative plural стра́хи, genitive plural стра́хов, relational adjective страхово́й)
* fear
** 1924, Михаил Булгаков [Mikhail Bulgakov], “VI. Первая ночь”, in Дьяволиада; English translation from K. M. Cook-Horujy, transl., Diaboliad, Moscow: Raduga Publishers, 1990:Страх попо́лз че́рез чё́рные о́кна в ко́мнату, и Коротко́в, стара́ясь не гляде́ть в них, закры́л их што́рами.Strax popólz čérez čórnyje ókna v kómnatu, i Korotkóv, starájasʹ ne gljadétʹ v nix, zakrýl ix štórami.Fear crept through the dark windows into the room, and Korotkov pulled the curtains so as not to look at them.
* risk, peril

#### Synonyms

* боя́знь (bojáznʹ), у́жас (úžas), испу́г (ispúg), трево́га (trevóga)

#### Related terms

* страхо́вка (straxóvka), страши́ла (strašíla), страши́лка (strašílka)
* стра́шный (strášnyj), бесстра́шный (besstrášnyj), неустраши́мый (neustrašímyj)
* страши́ть (strašítʹ), устраша́ть (ustrašátʹ), страща́ть (straščátʹ)
* стра́шно (strášno)

### Adverb

стра́х • (stráx)
* (colloquial) awfully
    Synonyms: жуть (žutʹ), смерть (smertʹ)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *straxъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /strâːx/

### Noun

стра̑х m (Latin spelling strȃh)
* fear, dread
    (with је, with accusative, with infinitive) Страх ју је наћи се с Рајом. ― She is afraid of meeting up with Ray. (literally, “It's a fear to her to meet up with Ray.”)
* (by extension) afraid, scared
    Jе ли те (ухватио) страх? ― Are you afraid? [lit. Did fear (get) you?]
* terror

#### Declension
### References

* “страх”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

### Anagrams

* храст

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *straxъ.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

страх • (strax) m inan (genitive стра́ху or страху́, nominative plural страхи́, genitive plural страхі́в, relational adjective страшни́й, augmentative страше́нний)
* fear
    Synonym: боя́знь f (bojáznʹ)
* risk, peril

#### Declension
### Noun

страх • (strax) m pers (genitive стра́ха or страха́, nominative plural страхи́, genitive plural страхі́в)
* (usually in the plural) monster (fantastic creature of unusual, scary appearance)

#### Declension
### Adverb

страх • (strax)
* (colloquial) awfully
    Synonym: стра́шно (strášno)

### References

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “страх”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* “страх”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)