мрак

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *morkъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mrak]
  • Rhymes: -ak

Noun

мрак • (mrak) m (relational adjective мра́чен)

  1. (uncountable) darkness, dimness (lack of light)

Declension

Derived terms

verbs
  • (causative-iterative) мрача́ (mračá)
  • (causative-iterative) мрача́сам (mračásam)
  • помрача́вам (pomračávam)
  • смрача́вам се (smračávam se)
nouns
  • мърча́ impf (mǎrčá), мръ́квам impf (mrǎ́kvam), мръ́кна pf (mrǎ́kna, “to darken, to sunset”)
  • мръ́чкам (mrǎ́čkam, “to grime, to sully”)
  • мръ́щя се (mrǎ́štja se, “to frown”)

References

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *morkъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mrak]
  • (file)

Noun

мрак • (mrak) m (relational adjective мрачен)

  1. darkness

Declension

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic мракъ (mrakŭ), from Proto-Slavic *morkъ. Doublet of мо́рок (mórok), the inherited East Slavic form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mrak]
  • (file)

Noun

мрак • (mrak) m inan (genitive мра́ка, nominative plural мра́ки, genitive plural мра́ков)

  1. shadow, darkness
    Synonyms: тьма f (tʹma), те́мень f (témenʹ), потёмки f (potjómki), мгла f (mgla), темнота́ f (temnotá)
  2. (genitive) gloom (of), cheerlessness (of)
  3. (predicate; interjection) it's a nightmare, it's appalling/dreadful
  4. (poetic) despair

Declension

Derived terms

References

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

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

мра̑к m (Latin spelling mrȃk)

  1. dark, darkness
  2. dusk
    Они раде од јутра до мрака. ― They work from dawn to dusk.
  3. (slang) the bomb, the shit (something of excellent quality)

Declension

Further reading

  • “мрак” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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