мрак

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *morkъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mrak]

Noun

мрак • (mrak) m

1. (uncountable) darkness

Declension

Declension of мрак

	singular
indefinite	мрак mrak
definite (subject form)	мра́кът mrákǎt
definite (object form)	мра́ка mráka

Derived terms

• мрачен (mračen, “dark”)
• мрача (mrača), смрачавам (smračavam, “to darken”)
• мракобесие (mrakobesie, “obscurantism”)

Related terms

• мръквам (mrǎkvam), мръкна (mrǎkna, “to darken, to sunset”)
• мръчкам (mrǎčkam, “to grime, to sully”)
• мръщя (mrǎštja, “to frown”)

References

• мрак in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
• Georgiev V. I., Duridanov I., editor (1995), “мрак”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 276

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Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *morkъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mrak]

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Noun

мрак • (mrak) m (related adjective мрачен)

1. darkness

Declension

Declension of мрак

	singular
indefinite	мрак
definite unspecified	мракот
definite proximal	мраков
definite distal	мракон
vocative	мраку

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic мракъ (mrakŭ). Doublet of мо́рок (mórok), the inherited East Slavic form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mrak]

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Noun

мрак • (mrak) m inan (genitive мра́ка, nominative plural мра́ки, genitive plural мра́ков)

1. shadow, darkness
2. (genitive) gloom (of), cheerlessness (of)
3. (predicate; interjection) it's a nightmare, it's appalling/dreadful
4. (poetic) despair

Declension

Declension of мрак (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	мра́к mrák	мра́ки mráki
genitive	мра́ка mráka	мра́ков mrákov
dative	мра́ку mráku	мра́кам mrákam
accusative	мра́к mrák	мра́ки mráki
instrumental	мра́ком mrákom	мра́ками mrákami
prepositional	мра́ке mráke	мра́ках mrákax

Synonyms

• темнота́ (temnotá)
• тьма (tʹma)

Derived terms

• мракобе́с (mrakobés)
  • мракобе́сие (mrakobésije)
• мрачи́ть (mračítʹ), помрачи́ть (pomračítʹ)
  • помраче́ние (pomračénije)
• мра́чный (mráčnyj)
  • мрачне́ть (mračnétʹ), помрачне́ть (pomračnétʹ)

Related terms

• омрача́ть (omračátʹ), омрачи́ть (omračítʹ)
• омрачаться (omračatʹsja), омрачиться (omračitʹsja)
• су́мрак (súmrak)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “мрак”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *morkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *markas, from Proto-Indo-European *mergʷ- (“to flicker; to darken; to be dark”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mrâːk/

Noun

мра̑к m (Latin spelling mrȃk)

1. dark, darkness
2. dusk

   Они раде од јутра до мрака. ― They work from dawn to dusk.

3. (slang) the bomb, the shit (something of excellent quality)

Declension

Declension of мрак

	singular	plural
nominative	мра̑к	мра̏кови
genitive	мрака	мракова
dative	мраку	мраковима
accusative	мрак	мракове
vocative	мраче	мракови
locative	мраку	мраковима
instrumental	мраком	мраковима

Related terms

• мрачан

Further reading

• “мрак” in Hrvatski jezični portal