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English
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Etymology
[edit]From Greek βράκα (vráka), from (as singular) Latin bracae. Doublet of breech.
Noun
[edit]vraka (plural vrakes)
- (A pair of) baggy breeches worn in the Balkans, the Greek islands (especially Crete) and in Cyprus.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:vraka.
Anagrams
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]vraka n
Verb
[edit]vraka
- inflection of vrake:
- simple past
- past participle
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]vraka n
Swedish
[edit]Verb
[edit]vraka (present vrakar, preterite vrakade, supine vrakat, imperative vraka)
- to sort out and reject (something)
- (with bort (“away”)) to sell (something) at a bargain price
- (dated) to driftnet
Usage notes
[edit]Uncommon outside the derived terms in contemporary Swedish.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of vraka (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | vraka | vrakas | ||
| Supine | vrakat | vrakats | ||
| Imperative | vraka | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | vraken | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | vrakar | vrakade | vrakas | vrakades |
| Ind. plural1 | vraka | vrakade | vrakas | vrakades |
| Subjunctive2 | vrake | vrakade | vrakes | vrakades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | vrakande | |||
| Past participle | vrakad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from Greek
- English terms derived from Latin
- English doublets
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Clothing
- Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Bokmål noun forms
- Norwegian Bokmål verb forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk noun forms
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish verbs
- Swedish dated terms
- Swedish weak verbs