брак

• brak — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

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

• IPA^(key): [brak]
• Rhymes: -ak

брак • (brak) m inan (genitive бра́ку, uncountable)

1. lack, scarcity
2. defect

брак • (brak)

1. (impersonal) lack of, there is/are no (+ genitive)

   брак бялку́ ― brak bjalkú ― protein deficiency

• “брак” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

• IPA^(key): [brak]

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• Rhymes: -ak

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic бракъ (brakŭ), from Proto-Slavic *borkъ.

брак • (brak) m (relational adjective бра́чен)

1. marriage, matrimony

Borrowed from German Brack (“scrap, garbage”).

брак • (brak) m

1. scrap, waste

• краб (krab)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *borkъ.

• IPA^(key): [brak]

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брак • (brak) m (relational adjective брачен)

1. marriage, matrimony

• бракъ (brak) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

• IPA^(key): [brak]

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic бракъ (brakŭ), from Proto-Slavic *borkъ.

брак • (brak) m inan (genitive бра́ка, nominative plural бра́ки, genitive plural бра́ков, relational adjective бра́чный)

1. marriage, matrimony

• брачу́ющийся (bračújuščijsja)

Via Polish brak, from Middle Low German brak (“flaw, defect; breaking”). Compare modern German Bruch and English break.

брак • (brak) m inan (genitive бра́ка, nominative plural бра́ки, genitive plural бра́ков)

1. flaw, defect
2. (uncountable) defective goods, waste, spoilage, rejects

• бракова́ть (brakovátʹ), забракова́ть (zabrakovátʹ)
• выбрако́вывать (vybrakóvyvatʹ), вы́браковать (výbrakovatʹ)
• отбрако́вывать (otbrakóvyvatʹ), отбракова́ть (otbrakovátʹ)
• брако́ванный (brakóvannyj)
• бракоде́л (brakodél)

• Uzbek: brak

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “брак”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

• краб (krab)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *borkъ.

• IPA^(key): /brâːk/

бра̑к m (Latin spelling brȃk)

1. marriage

• бра̑чнӣ

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

• IPA^(key): [brak]

• Audio:

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брак • (brak) m inan (genitive бра́ку, nominative plural бра́ки, genitive plural бра́ків)

1. lack, scarcity
2. defect

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “брак”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “брак”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “брак”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)