brach
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Originally in plural, from Old French brachez, plural of brachet, a diminutive of Occitan brac, from Frankish. Cognate to the German Bracke.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
brach (plural braches)
- (archaic) A hound, especially a female hound used for hunting.
- 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear III.vi:
- Mastiff, greyhound, mongrel grim, / Hound or spaniel, brach or him.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, NYRB 2001, vol. 1 p. 331:
- A sow-pig by chance sucked a brach, and when she was grown, “would miraculously hunt all manner of deer, and that as well, or rather better than any ordinary hound.”
- 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear III.vi:
See also [edit]
Anagrams [edit]
German [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /bʀaːx/
Verb [edit]
brach
Adjective [edit]
brach (not comparable)
Declension [edit]
Declension of brach
| gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist brach | sie ist brach | es ist brach | sie sind brach | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | bracher | brache | braches | brache |
| genitive | brachen | bracher | brachen | bracher | |
| dative | brachem | bracher | brachem | brachen | |
| accusative | brachen | brache | braches | brache | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der brache | die brache | das brache | die brachen |
| genitive | des brachen | der brachen | des brachen | der brachen | |
| dative | dem brachen | der brachen | dem brachen | den brachen | |
| accusative | den brachen | die brache | das brache | die brachen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein bracher | eine brache | ein braches | (keine) brachen |
| genitive | eines brachen | einer brachen | eines brachen | (keiner) brachen | |
| dative | einem brachen | einer brachen | einem brachen | (keinen) brachen | |
| accusative | einen brachen | eine brache | ein braches | (keine) brachen | |
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