Brach
Luxembourgish
Etymology
Originally referring to a kind of bread soup made with soured milk. Hence from a variant of Middle High German brocke (“broken-off piece, especially of bread”) or the verb brocken (“to break into pieces”); compare German Brocken, brocken, Dutch brok. If the -ch- is old, it may be due to hypercorrection (during the interaction of Frankish and High German influences), otherwise it may be a later adaptation to the related Luxembourgish briechen (“to break”), Broch (“fracture”). The feminine gender probably from Mëllech (“milk”) and/or Zopp (“soup”), perhaps from an underlying compound *Brachmëllech, *Brachzopp, the former of which is attested in adjacent dialects in Germany.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʀaχ/, [bʀɑχ]
- Rhymes: -ɑχ
Noun
Brach f (uncountable, diminutive Brächelchen)
- curdled milk, sour milk
- (chiefly diminutive) pieces of bread dipped in a liquid
Polish
Etymology
Possibly from brach, a derivative of brat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /brax/
Proper noun
Brach m pers or f
- A masculine surname.
- A feminine surname.
Declension
Masculine surname:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Brach | Brachowie |
| genitive | Bracha | Brachów |
| dative | Brachowi | Brachom |
| accusative | Bracha | Brachów |
| instrumental | Brachem | Brachami |
| locative | Brachu | Brachach |
| vocative | Brachu | Brachowie |
The feminine surname is indeclinable.