βράκα

Greek

Inherited from Byzantine Greek βράκα (bráka)^[1] as in Latin braca^[2] from the plural^[3] of Koine Greek βράκες (brákes) or βράκαι (brákai),^[4] from Latin bracae (“breeches”).
Also, βρακ(ί) n (vrak(í), “underpants”) + augmentative suffix -α (-a).

βράκα • (vráka) f (plural βράκες)

Declension of βράκα

άβρακος (ávrakos, “with no breeches”)
αβράκωτος (avrákotos, “with no breeches; historical: a sans-culotte”)
βρακί n (vrakí, “underpants, briefs, knickers”)
βρακοζώνι n (vrakozóni, “belt of vraka or underpants”) / βρακοζώνα f (vrakozóna) (dated)
βρακοφόρος (vrakofóros, “breech wearing”)
κοντοβράκι n (kontovráki, “a short vraka”) (traditional clothing)
ξεβράκωμα n (xevrákoma, nouns)
ξεβρακώνω (xevrakóno, “take off the underpants or trousers; humiliate”)
ξεβράκωτος (xevrákotos, “with no underpants; destitute”)
σώβρακο n (sóvrako, “underpants”)

^ βράκα - Kriaras, Emmanuel (1969-) Επιτομή του Λεξικού της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας (Epitomí tou Lexikoú tis Mesaionikís Ellinikís Dimódous Grammateías) [Concise Dictionary of the Kriaras' Dictionary of Medieval Vulgar Greek Literature (1100–1669) Vols. 1–14. Vols 15- under I. Kazazes.)] (in Greek), Thessaloniki: Centre for the Greek language Online edition (abbreviations) Printed edition 2022: 22 vols.)
^ βράκα in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
^ βράκα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
^ “βράκαι”, “βράκες”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011