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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