врач

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vrat͡ʃ]

Noun

врач (vrač) m

  1. witch doctor, medicine man, healer

Inflection


Russian

Etymology

врать (vratʹ) + -ач (-ač). Originally meant "witch-doctor, enchanter".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vrat͡ɕ]
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Noun

врач (vrač) m anim (genitive врача́, nominative plural врачи́, genitive plural враче́й)

  1. (medicine, formal) therapist, not surgeon, not hospital nurse
  2. doc, vet, medic, physician, doctor

Usage notes

A female medical doctor is referred to as врач, or женщина-врач, or, colloquially only, врачиха.

Declension

Note: There is an archaic vocative вра́чу (vráču).

Synonyms

Derived terms


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vračь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋrâːtʃ/

Noun

вра̑ч m (Latin spelling vrȃč)

  1. witch doctor (shamanistic priest in aboriginal cultures)
  2. (obsolete) physician, doctor

Declension

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