mrak

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech mrak, from Proto-Slavic *morkъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmrak]

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• Rhymes: -ak

Noun

mrak m inan

1. cloud

Declension

Declension of mrak (velar masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	mrak	mraky
genitive	mraku	mraků
dative	mraku	mrakům
accusative	mrak	mraky
vocative	mraku	mraky
locative	mraku	mracích
instrumental	mrakem	mraky

Related terms

adjectives

• mračný
• mrakový
• zamračený

nouns

• mračno
• mrakodrap
• mráček
• mrákota
• soumrak

verbs

• mračit
• smrákat
• zamračit

Further reading

• “mrak”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “mrak”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “mrak”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Old Javanese

Etymology

Likely borrowed from a Mon-Khmer language, such as Mon မြာ် (pəràik, “peacock”), ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *mraik (“peacock”). Compare also Malay merak.

Noun

mrak

1. peacock

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦩꦼꦫꦏ꧀ (merak)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited 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

mrȃk m inan (Cyrillic spelling мра̑к)

1. dark, darkness
2. dusk

   Oni rade od jutra do mraka. ― They work from dawn to dusk.

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

   Ta knjiga je mrak. ― The book is the bomb.

Declension

Declension of mrak

	singular	plural
nominative	mrȃk	mrȁkovi
genitive	mraka	mrakova
dative	mraku	mrakovima
accusative	mrak	mrakove
vocative	mrače	mrakovi
locative	mraku	mrakovima
instrumental	mrakom	mrakovima

Related terms

• mračan

Further reading

• “mrak”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025