vraka

See also: vräka

English

Cretan peasant costume

Etymology

From Greek βράκα (vráka), from (as singular) Latin bracae. Doublet of breech.

Noun

vraka (plural vrakes)

1. (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

• Arvak

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• vrakene (of noun)
• (of verb) vraket, vrakte (simple past), vrakt (past participle)

Noun

vraka n

1. definite plural of vrak

Verb

vraka

1. inflection of vrake:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

vraka n

1. definite plural of vrak

Swedish

Verb

vraka (present vrakar, preterite vrakade, supine vrakat, imperative vraka)

1. to sort out and reject (something)
2. (with bort (“away”)) to sell (something) at a bargain price
3. (dated) to driftnet

Usage notes

Uncommon outside the derived terms in contemporary Swedish.

Conjugation

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

• vrakpris
• välja och vraka

References

• vraka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vraka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vraka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)