бран

• IPA^(key): [bran]

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Uncertain. Perhaps related to Proto-Slavic *borzda (“furrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to pierce, to bore”). Cognate with Macedonian бран (bran).

бран • (bran) m

1. (archaic or dialectal) wave

   Synonyms: (standard) вълна́ (vǎlná), (dialectal) слап (slap), тала́з (taláz)

• брана (brana, “harrow”) (dialectal)

• “бран²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бран¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 73

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic брань (branĭ), from Proto-Slavic *bornь.

бран • (bran) f

1. defense, resistance

   Synonyms: защита (zaštita), отбрана (otbrana)

2. (dated) fight, war

• браня (branja, “to shield, to defend”)
• бранище (branište, “protected land/forest”)

• бран¹ in Речник на българския език
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бран²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 73

From Proto-Slavic *bьranь.

бран • (bran) f

1. (obsolete) picking, collecting

   Synonym: бране (brane)

2. (dated) harvest

• бера (bera, “to pick, to collect”)
• браница (branica, “herd of selected sheep”) (dialectal)

• “бране”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

From Bulgarian бера (bera, “to pick, to collect”).

бран • (bran)

1. indefinite masculine singular past passive participle of бера́ (berá)

• IPA^(key): [bran]

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• Hyphenation: бран

бран • (bran) m (plural бра́нови, relational adjective бра́нов, diminutive бра́нче)

1. wave

бран • (bran)

1. masculine singular adjectival participle of бере (bere)

• “бран” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu