brac

See also: BRAC, brać, brač, Brač, braç, and bráč

Irish

Etymology

Compare Latin bracchium (“arm”), French bras.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠak/

Noun

brac m (genitive singular braic, nominative plural bracanna)

1. (literary) arm
2. (anatomy) brachium
3. bracket

Declension

Declension of brac (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative brac bracanna vocative a bhraic a bhracanna genitive braic bracanna dative brac bracanna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an brac na bracanna genitive an bhraic na mbracanna dative leis an mbrac don bhrac leis na bracanna

Derived terms

• bracfhungas (“bracket fungus”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of brac

radical	lenition	eclipsis
brac	bhrac	mbrac

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Kashubian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti

Proto-Balto-Slavic *bírāˀtei

Proto-Slavic *bьrati

Kashubian brac

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bьrati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrat͡s/
• Rhymes: -at͡s
• Syllabification: brac

Verb

brac impf

1. (transitive) to take (to grab with the hands)

Further reading

• Stefan Ramułt (1893), “brac”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 11
• Jan Trepczyk (1994), “brać 2”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “brać”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎, volume 1, page 117
• “brac”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

brac n (plural bracuri)

1. defective goods, leftovers, waste

   Synonyms: rest, rămășiță

   • (Can we date this quote?), M. Eminescu, Scrisoarea I:

     Pe când luna strălucește peste-a tomurilor bracuri
     Într-o clipă-l poartă gândul îndărăt cu mii de veacuri
     La-nceput pe când ființă nu era nici neființă
     Pe când totul era lipsă de viață și voință […]

     The moon looks in and sheds its beams a pile of ancient books upon
     He sets his mind to roving back across a thousand ages gone
     Into the time are things began, when being and not being still
     Did not exist to plague man’s mind, and there was neither life nor will […]

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	brac	bracul		bracuri	bracurile
genitive-dative	brac	bracului		bracuri	bracurilor
vocative	bracule			bracurilor

References

• “brac”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
• https://www.gabrielditu.com/eminescu/satire_1.asp (for the translation of the quote)

Slovincian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti

Proto-Balto-Slavic *bírāˀtei

Proto-Slavic *bьrati

Slovincian brac

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bьrati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrat͡s/
• Rhymes: -at͡s
• Syllabification: brac

Verb

brac impf (perfective wzyc)

1. (transitive) to take (to grab with the hands)
2. (reflexive with sã) to get started, to get to action
3. (reflexive with sã) to prepare oneself [with dô (+ genitive) ‘for what’]

Derived terms

verbs

• dôbrac pf, dôbjêrac impf
• nabrac pf, nabjêrac impf
• nazbrac pf
• njêdôbrac pf
• przêbrac pf, przêbjêrac impf
• przëbrac pf, przëbjêrac impf
• pôbrac pf, pôbjêrac impf
• pôdebrac pf, pôdbjêrac impf
• rôzebrac pf, rôzbjêrac impf
• sêbrac pf, zbjêrac impf
• wëbrac pf, wëbjêrac impf
• wôdebrac pf, wôdbjêrac impf
• wùbrac pf, wùbjêrac impf
• zabrac pf, zabjêrac impf

Further reading

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1908), “brãc”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎ (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 62

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brak/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English breck.

Adjective

brac (feminine singular brac, plural brac, equative braced, comparative bracach, superlative bracaf)

1. open, free

   Synonyms: agored, rhydd, parod

2. glib

   Synonym: tafodrydd

3. light (of soil)

   Synonym: ysgafn

Derived terms

• brac ei dafod (“loose-tongued, indiscrete”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English brake.

Noun

brac m (plural braciau)

1. brake, hackle, flaxcomb

   Synonym: heislan

Mutation

Mutated forms of brac

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
brac	frac	mrac	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “brac”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “brac”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies