vraka

See also: vräka

English

Cretan peasant wearing a characteristic Cretan vraka. The end of the woman's long vraka is seen near her shoes.

Transliteration of Modern Greek βράκα (vráka),^[1] from Medieval Greek,^[2] a singular feminine noun from the Hellenistic plural of Koine Greek βράκες (brákes),^[3] from Latin bracae. Doublet of breech.

vraka (plural vrakes)

(traditional local clothing) (A pair of) baggy breeches worn in the Balkans, the Greek islands (especially Crete) and in Cyprus chiefly by men but also by women
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:vraka.

^ “βράκα [vráka]”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998
^ βράκα [vráka] - 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.)
^ “βράκες [bráces]”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011

vraka n

vraka

vraka n

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

Uncommon outside the derived terms in contemporary Swedish.

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.