brak
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
brak (comparative more brak, superlative most brak)
- (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 […]
- 1995, Bill Sheat, Gerald Schofield, Complete Gardening in Southern Africa (page 437)
AnagramsEdit
Crimean TatarEdit
EtymologyEdit
German Brack (“defective goods, defect, flaw”).
NounEdit
brak
DeclensionEdit
| nominative | brak |
|---|---|
| genitive | braknıñ |
| dative | brakqa |
| accusative | braknı |
| locative | brakta |
| ablative | braktan |
ReferencesEdit
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Dutch brac. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
AdjectiveEdit
brak (comparative brakker, superlative brakst)
InflectionEdit
| 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 termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
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.
NounEdit
brak m or f (plural brakken, diminutive brakje n)
Etymology 3Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
VerbEdit
brak
AnagramsEdit
GothicEdit
RomanizationEdit
brak
- Romanization of 𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌺
IcelandicEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
brak n (genitive singular braks, no plural)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
- brak og brestir (a colossal din)
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Middle Low German brak.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
brak m inan
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
VerbEdit
brak (defective verb)
- (intransitive) there is/are no; is/are wanting [+genitive]
- Na parkingu brak wolnych miejsc. ― There is no vacant space in the parking lot.
ConjugationEdit
Further readingEdit
Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *borkъ.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
brȃk m (Cyrillic spelling бра̑к)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
SwedishEdit
NounEdit
brak n
- 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
DeclensionEdit
| Declension of brak | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | brak | braket | brak | braken |
| Genitive | braks | brakets | braks | brakens |
Derived termsEdit
- brakare (“loud fart”)
- brakförlust (“crushing defeat”)
- brakmiddag (“big fancy dinner”)
- brakskit (“loud fart”)
- braksuccé (“great success”)
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
UzbekEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Russian брак (brak), from Polish brak, from Middle Low German brak (“flaw, defect; breaking”).
NounEdit
brak (plural braklar)
DeclensionEdit
* Note: The type of possessive is not specified.