brak

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See also: Brak, bräk, bråk, and břak

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Afrikaans brak?”

Adjective[edit]

brak (comparative more brak, superlative most brak)

  1. (South Africa) Brackish.
    • 1995, Bill Sheat; Gerald Schofield, Complete Gardening in Southern Africa, page 437:
      Brak soils, which continue to be a subject of research, are unlikely to provide a major stumbling block […] However, brak conditions and their effects underline many of the principles of good soil management […]

Anagrams[edit]

Crimean Tatar[edit]

Etymology[edit]

German Brack (“defective goods, defect, flaw”).

Noun[edit]

brak

  1. defect

Declension[edit]

Declension of brak
nominative brak
genitive braknıñ
dative brakqa
accusative braknı
locative brakta
ablative braktan

References[edit]

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /brɑk/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: brak
  • Rhymes: -ɑk

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch brac. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adjective[edit]

brak (comparative brakker, superlative brakst)

  1. brackish
  2. (colloquial) bad
  3. (colloquial) hung over
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of brak
uninflected brak
inflected brakke
comparative brakker
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial brak brakker het brakst
het brakste
indefinite m./f. sing. brakke brakkere brakste
n. sing. brak brakker brakste
plural brakke brakkere brakste
definite brakke brakkere brakste
partitive braks brakkers —
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • → Papiamentu: brak
  • → Sranan Tongo: brak

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle Dutch bracke. Compare German Bracke, French braque, English brach, Italian bracco, Spanish braco. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun[edit]

brak m or f (plural brakken, diminutive brakje n)

  1. hound, brach (of either sex)
    Synonym: jachthond

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

brak

  1. singular past indicative of breken

Anagrams[edit]

Gothic[edit]

Romanization[edit]

brak

  1. Romanization of 𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌺

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse brak.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

brak n (genitive singular braks, no plural)

  1. crash, din
  2. wreckage, broken wood, etc.

Declension[edit]

declension of brak
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative brak brakið brök brökin
accusative brak brakið brök brökin
dative braki brakinu brökum brökunum
genitive braks braksins braka brakanna

Derived terms[edit]

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Middle Low German brak.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

brak m inan

  1. lack, dearth, scarcity
  2. defect

Declension[edit]

Declension of brak
singular plural
nominative brak braki
genitive braku braków
dative brakowi brakom
accusative brak braki
instrumental brakiem brakami
locative braku brakach
vocative braku braki

Derived terms[edit]

adjectives

Verb[edit]

brak (defective verb)

  1. (intransitive) there is/are no; is/are wanting [+genitive]
    Na parkingu brak wolnych miejsc. ― There is no vacant space in the parking lot.

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of brak def
present tense brak
past tense było brak
future tense będzie brak
conditional byłoby brak
imperative niech będzie brak

Further reading[edit]

  • brak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • brak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *borkъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

brȃk m (Cyrillic spelling бра̑к)

  1. marriage

Declension[edit]

Declension of brak
singular plural
nominative brȃk brȁkovi
genitive braka brakova
dative braku brakovima
accusative brak brakove
vocative braku brakovi
locative braku brakovima
instrumental brakom brakovima

Derived terms[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

brak n

  1. a loud crashing sound like the sound of a large tree falling or a structure collapsing
    Trädet föll med ett brak
    The tree came down with a crash
    Ett brak hördes från vardagsrummet
    A loud crash was heard from the living room

Declension[edit]

Declension of brak 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative brak braket brak braken
Genitive braks brakets braks brakens

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

Uzbek[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Russian брак (brak), from Polish brak, from Middle Low German brak (“flaw, defect; breaking”).

Noun[edit]

brak (plural braklar)

  1. reject, defective product

Declension[edit]

Declension of brak
singular plural
nominative brak braklar
genitive brakning braklarning
dative brakka braklarga
definite accusative brakni braklarni
locative brakda braklarda
ablative brakdan braklardan

* Note: The type of possessive is not specified.

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