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Brak

Brak

See also: brak, bräk, and bråk

Luxembourgish

Noun

Brak f (plural Braken)

  1. shack, hut
  2. (colloquial) dump, pigsty, messy place

brak

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 []

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 966-7980-89-8

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑk

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 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

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/

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *borkъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brâːk/

Noun

brȃk m (Cyrillic spelling бра̑к)

  1. marriage

Declension

Derived terms