kubrak

Polish

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from Middle High German kapp-rock (“hooded coat”). Alternatively from Turkish kubur (“case”) + -ak. If so, doublet of kabura (“holster”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkub.rak/
  • Rhymes: -ubrak
  • Syllabification: kub‧rak

Noun

kubrak m inan (diminutive kubraczek, augmentative kubraczysko)

  1. jacket (piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length)
  2. (historical) spencer (short double-breasted men's overcoat worn in the 18th and 19th centuries)
  3. (historical) spencer (short, close-fitting jacket primarily worn by women and children in the early 19th century)

Declension
Declension of kubrak
singular plural
nominative kubrak kubraki
genitive kubraka kubraków
dative kubrakowi kubrakom
accusative kubrak kubraki
instrumental kubrakiem kubrakami
locative kubraku kubrakach
vocative kubraku kubraki

Derived terms
noun
  • kubraczyna

Further reading
  • kubrak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kubrak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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