brak

See also: Brak, bräk, and bråk

English

Adjective

brak (comparative more brak, superlative most brak)

  1. (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 […]

Anagrams

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

German Brack (“defective goods, defect, flaw”).

Noun

brak

  1. defect

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brɑk/
  • Rhymes: -ɑk
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: brak

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch brac. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adjective

brak (comparative brakker, superlative brakst)

  1. brackish
  2. (colloquial) bad
  3. (colloquial) hung over
Inflection
Inflection of brak
uninflected brak
inflected brakke
comparative brakker
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial brakbrakkerhet brakst
het brakste
indefinite m./f. sing. brakkebrakkerebrakste
n. sing. brakbrakkerbrakste
plural brakkebrakkerebrakste
definite brakkebrakkerebrakste
partitive braksbrakkers—

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch bracke. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

brak m, f (plural brakken, diminutive brakje n)

  1. hound, brach

Etymology 3

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

brak

  1. singular past indicative of breken

Anagrams

Gothic

Romanization

brak

  1. Romanization of 𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌺

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /praːk/
    Rhymes: -aːk

Noun

brak n (genitive singular braks, no plural)

  1. crash, din
  2. wreckage, broken wood, etc.

Declension

Derived terms

  • brak og brestir (a colossal din)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brak/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

brak m inan

  1. lack, dearth, scarcity

Declension

Verb

brak (defective verb)

  1. there is/are no; is/are wanting
    Na parkingu brak wolnych miejsc.
    There is no vacant space in the parking lot.

Conjugation

infinitive —
present indicative brak / brak jest
past indicative było brak
future tense będzie brak
conditional byłoby brak

Further reading

  • brak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *borkъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brâːk/

Noun

brȃk m (Cyrillic spelling бра̑к)

  1. marriage

Declension

Derived terms

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