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English[edit]
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