мрак

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *morkъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mrak]
  • Rhymes: -ak

Noun

мрак • (mrak) m

  1. (uncountable) darkness

Declension

Derived terms

  • мръквам (mrǎkvam), мръкна (mrǎkna, to darken, to sunset)
  • мръчкам (mrǎčkam, to grime, to sully)
  • мръщя (mrǎštja, to frown)

References

  • мрак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I.; Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), мрак”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 276

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 Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, 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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