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 966-7980-89-8

• 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

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 main entry.

brak

1. singular past indicative of breken

• bark, krab

brak

1. Romanization of 𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌺

• 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)

• IPA^(key): /brak/

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brak m inan

1. lack, dearth, scarcity
2. defect

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.

• brak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Proto-Slavic *borkъ.

• IPA^(key): /brâːk/

brȃk m (Cyrillic spelling бра̑к)

1. marriage

• brȃčnī