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English
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Etymology
[edit]Transliteration of Modern Greek βράκα (vráka),[1] from Medieval Greek,[2] a singular feminine noun from the Hellenistic plural of Koine Greek βράκες (brákes),[3] from Latin bracae. Doublet of breech.
Noun
[edit]vraka (plural vrakes)
- (traditional local clothing) (A pair of) baggy breeches worn in the Balkans, the Greek islands (especially Crete) and in Cyprus chiefly by men but also by women
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:vraka.
See also
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “βράκα [vráka]”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998
- ^ βράκα [vráka] - Kriaras, Emmanuel (1969-) Επιτομή του Λεξικού της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας (Epitomí tou Lexikoú tis Mesaionikís Ellinikís Dimódous Grammateías) [Concise Dictionary of the Kriaras' Dictionary of Medieval Vulgar Greek Literature (1100–1669) Vols. 1–14. Vols 15- under I. Kazazes.)] (in Greek), Thessaloniki: Centre for the Greek language Online edition (abbreviations) Printed edition 2022: 22 vols.)
- ^ “βράκες [bráces]”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
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
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- English terms derived from Greek
- English terms derived from Koine 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