mrak

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech mrak, from Proto-Slavic *morkъ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmrak]
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  • Rhymes: -ak

Noun

mrak m inan

  1. cloud

Declension
Declension of mrak (velar masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative mrak mraky
genitive mraku mraků
dative mraku mrakům
accusative mrak mraky
vocative mraku mraky
locative mraku mracích
instrumental mrakem mraky
adjectives
nouns
verbs

Further reading
  • mrak in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • mrak in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • mrak in Internetová jazyková příručka

Old Javanese

Etymology

Likely borrowed from a Mon-Khmer language, such as Mon မြာ် (pəràik, “peacock”), ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *mraik (“peacock”). Compare also Malay merak.

Noun

mrak

  1. peacock

Descendants
  • Javanese: ꦩꦼꦫꦏ꧀ (merak)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *morkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *markas, from Proto-Indo-European *mergʷ- (“to flicker; to darken; to be dark”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mrâːk/

Noun

mrȃk m (Cyrillic spelling мра̑к)

  1. dark, darkness
  2. dusk
    Oni rade od jutra do mraka. ― They work from dawn to dusk.
  3. (slang) the bomb, the shit (something of excellent quality)
    Ta knjiga je mrak. ― The book is the bomb.

Declension
Declension of mrak
singular plural
nominative mrȃk mrȁkovi
genitive mraka mrakova
dative mraku mrakovima
accusative mrak mrakove
vocative mrače mrakovi
locative mraku mrakovima
instrumental mrakom mrakovima

Further reading
  • “mrak” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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