bagr

Czech

Etymology

From Dutch baggermachine (“a machine to remove mud”), from bagger (“mud”).[1] Cognates include German Bagger, Bulgarian ба́гер (báger), and Serbo-Croatian bager.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baɡr̩/

Noun

bagr m

  1. excavator (digging machine)
  2. (volleyball, jargon) forearm pass, bump

Declension
Declension
singular plural
nominative bagr bagry
genitive bagru bagrů
dative bagru bagrům
accusative bagr bagry
vocative bagre bagry
locative bagru bagrech
instrumental bagrem bagry

Derived terms

References
  1. bagr in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

Further reading
  • bagr in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • bagr in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
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