брук

Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish bruk, from German Brücke.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bruk]

Noun

брук • (brukm inan (genitive бру́ку, uncountable)

  1. cobblestones (road pavement made of stones)
    • 1914, Maksim Bahdanovič, Вянок, page 117:
      Ды як знайсьці сьляды Пэгаса
      На бруку места? Цяжка ўперш!
      Dy jak znajsʹci sʹljady Pehasa
      Na bruku mjesta? Cjažka ŭpjerš!
      But how to find the footprints of Pegasus
      On the cobblestones of a city? It's hard to begin with!
    • 1938 [1848], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 68:
      Гэтае адзінотнае месца, дзе паміж каменнямі бруку расла трава, называлася пляцам Прынцэсы.
      Hetaje adzinótnaje mjesca, dzje pamiž kamjennjami bruku rasla trava, nazyvalasja pljacam Pryncesy.
      [original: The name of this retirement, where grass grew between the chinks in the stone pavement, was Princess’s Place;]

Declension

Further reading

  • брук” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
  • брук”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)

Ukrainian

Etymology

Form Polish bruk, from German Brücke.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bruk]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

брук • (brukm inan (genitive бру́ку, nominative plural бру́ки, genitive plural бру́ків)

  1. cobblestones (road pavement made of stones)

Declension

Declension of брук
(inan velar masc-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative брук
bruk
бру́ки
brúky
genitive бру́ку
brúku
бру́ків
brúkiv
dative бру́кові, бру́ку
brúkovi, brúku
бру́кам
brúkam
accusative брук
bruk
бру́ки
brúky
instrumental бру́ком
brúkom
бру́ками
brúkamy
locative бру́ку
brúku
бру́ках
brúkax
vocative бру́ку
brúku
бру́ки
brúky

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