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enemy

Source:*vorgъProto-Slaviccertain

Russian враг (South Slavic shape) beside Ukrainian во́рог (East Slavic pleophony) is the classic Church Slavonic doublet.

English

enemy

Polish

wróg
vruk
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In all five languages

BCS script
  • Russian
    врагvrag
    vrakChurch Slavonic

    The native East Slavic во́рог survives in folk poetry.

  • Ukrainian
    во́рогvoroh
    ˈʋɔrɔɦinherited
  • Polish
    wróg
    vrukinherited
  • Czech
    nepřítel
    ˈnɛpr̝iːtɛldifferent word · Proto-Slavic *ne- + *prijatelь 'not-friend'
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    neprijateljнепријатељ
    ˈneprijateʎdifferent word · Proto-Slavic *ne- + *prijatelь 'not-friend'

    BCS vrag, the cognate of враг, means 'devil'.

  • English
    enemy

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  • Russian враг “enemy”Polish wróg “enemy”Czech vrah “murderer”Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian vrag “devil (colloquial)”

    Czech 'enemy' is nepřítel, BCS neprijatelj; Russian 'murderer' is уби́йца, Polish morderca; Russian 'devil' is чёрт.