мрак
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *morkъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mrak]
Noun
мрак • (mrak) m
- (uncountable) darkness
Declension
Declension of мрак
singular | |
---|---|
indefinite | мрак mrak |
definite (subject form) | мра́кът mrákǎt |
definite (object form) | мра́ка mráka |
Derived terms
- мрачен (mračen, “dark”)
- мрача (mrača), смрачавам (smračavam, “to darken”)
- мракобесие (mrakobesie, “obscurantism”)
Related terms
- мръквам (mrǎkvam), мръкна (mrǎkna, “to darken, to sunset”)
- мръчкам (mrǎčkam, “to grime, to sully”)
- мръщя (mrǎštja, “to frown”)
References
- мрак in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
- Georgiev V. I., Duridanov I., editor (1995), “мрак”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 276
Macedonian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *morkъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mrak]
Audio (file)
Noun
мрак • (mrak) m (related adjective мрачен)
- darkness
Declension
Declension of мрак
singular | |
---|---|
indefinite | мрак |
definite unspecified | мракот |
definite proximal | мраков |
definite distal | мракон |
vocative | мраку |
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic мракъ (mrakŭ). Doublet of мо́рок (mórok), the inherited East Slavic form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mrak]
audio (file)
Noun
мрак • (mrak) m inan (genitive мра́ка, nominative plural мра́ки, genitive plural мра́ков)
- shadow, darkness
- (genitive) gloom (of), cheerlessness (of)
- (predicate; interjection) it's a nightmare, it's appalling/dreadful
- (poetic) despair
Declension
Declension of мрак (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-a)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | мра́к mrák | мра́ки mráki |
genitive | мра́ка mráka | мра́ков mrákov |
dative | мра́ку mráku | мра́кам mrákam |
accusative | мра́к mrák | мра́ки mráki |
instrumental | мра́ком mrákom | мра́ками mrákami |
prepositional | мра́ке mráke | мра́ках mrákax |
Synonyms
- темнота́ (temnotá)
- тьма (tʹma)
Derived terms
- мракобе́с (mrakobés)
- мракобе́сие (mrakobésije)
- мрачи́ть (mračítʹ), помрачи́ть (pomračítʹ)
- помраче́ние (pomračénije)
- мра́чный (mráčnyj)
- мрачне́ть (mračnétʹ), помрачне́ть (pomračnétʹ)
Related terms
- омрача́ть (omračátʹ), омрачи́ть (omračítʹ)
- омрачаться (omračatʹsja), омрачиться (omračitʹsja)
- су́мрак (súmrak)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “мрак”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
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)
- dark, darkness
- dusk
- Они раде од јутра до мрака. ― They work from dawn to dusk.
- (slang) the bomb, the shit (something of excellent quality)
Declension
Declension of мрак
singular | plural | |
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nominative | мра̑к | мра̏кови |
genitive | мрака | мракова |
dative | мраку | мраковима |
accusative | мрак | мракове |
vocative | мраче | мракови |
locative | мраку | мраковима |
instrumental | мраком | мраковима |
Related terms
- мрачан
Further reading
- “мрак” in Hrvatski jezični portal