βράκα
Greek
editEtymology
editInherited from Byzantine Greek βράκα (bráka)[1] as in Latin braca[2] from the plural[3] of Koine Greek βράκες (brákes) or βράκαι (brákai),[4] from Latin bracae (“breeches”).
Also, βρακ(ί) n (vrak(í), “underpants”) + augmentative suffix -α (-a).
Noun
editβράκα • (vráka) f (plural βράκες)
- (traditional clothing) vraka, breeches (local folk costume: baggy breeches worn in the Balkans)
- (colloquial, humorous) augmentative of βρακί (vrakí): bloomers, large underpants
Declension
edit| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | βράκα (vráka) | βράκες (vrákes) |
| genitive | βράκας (vrákas) | βρακών (vrakón) |
| accusative | βράκα (vráka) | βράκες (vrákes) |
| vocative | βράκα (vráka) | βράκες (vrákes) |
Related terms
edit- άβρακος (ávrakos, “with no breeches”)
- αβράκωτος (avrákotos, “with no breeches; historical: a sans-culotte”)
- βρακί n (vrakí, “underpants, briefs, knickers”)
- βρακοζώνι n (vrakozóni, “belt of vraka or underpants”) / βρακοζώνα f (vrakozóna) (dated)
- βρακοφόρος (vrakofóros, “breech wearing”)
- κοντοβράκι n (kontovráki, “a short vraka”) (traditional clothing)
- ξεβράκωμα n (xevrákoma, nouns)
- ξεβρακώνω (xevrakóno, “take off the underpants or trousers; humiliate”)
- ξεβράκωτος (xevrákotos, “with no underpants; destitute”)
- σώβρακο n (sóvrako, “underpants”)
See also
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Κρητική φορεσιά on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el (Cretan costume, with characteristic vraka)
References
edit- ^ βράκα - Kriaras, Emmanuel (1969-) Επιτομή του Λεξικού της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας (Epitomí tou Lexikoú tis Mesaionikís Ellinikís Dimódous Grammateías) [Concise Dictionary of the Kriaras' Dictionary of Medieval Vulgar Greek Literature (1100–1669) Vols. 1–14. Vols 15- under I. Kazazes.)] (in Greek), Thessaloniki: Centre for the Greek language Online edition (abbreviations) Printed edition 2022: 22 vols.)
- ^ βράκα in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- ^ βράκα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- ^ “βράκαι”, “βράκες”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
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