brak

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 […]

• bark, kbar, krab

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

brak

1. defect

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

• IPA^(key): /brɑk/

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• Hyphenation: brak
• Rhymes: -ɑk

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

brak (comparative brakker, superlative brakst)

1. brackish
2. (colloquial) bad
3. (colloquial) hung over

• brakheid
• uitbrakken

• → Papiamentu: brak
• → Sranan Tongo: brak

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.

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

1. hound, brach (of either sex)

   Synonym: jachthond

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

brak

1. singular past indicative of breken

• bark, krab

brak

1. Romanization of 𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌺

From Old Norse brak.

• IPA^(key): /praːk/

  Rhymes: -aːk

brak n (genitive singular braks, no plural)

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

• brak og brestir (a colossal din)

Borrowed from Middle Low German brak.

• IPA^(key): /brak/

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• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: brak

brak m inan

1. lack, dearth, scarcity
2. defect

brak (defective verb)

1. (intransitive) there is/are no; is/are wanting [+genitive]

   Na parkingu brak wolnych miejsc. ― There is no vacant space in the parking lot.

• brak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• brak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Proto-Slavic *borkъ.

• IPA^(key): /brâːk/

brȃk m (Cyrillic spelling бра̑к)

1. marriage

• brȃčnī

brak n

1. 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

• brakare (“loud fart”)
• brakförlust (“crushing defeat”)
• brakmiddag (“big fancy dinner”)
• brakskit (“loud fart”)
• braksuccé (“smashing success”)

• braka

• brak in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• brak in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• brak in Svensk ordbok (SO)

From Russian брак (brak), from Polish brak, from Middle Low German brak (“flaw, defect; breaking”).

brak (plural braklar)

1. reject, defective product

* Note: The type of possessive is not specified.