брук
Belarusian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish bruk, from German Brücke.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bruk]
Noun
брук • (bruk) m inan (genitive бру́ку, uncountable)
- 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!
- Dy jak znajsʹci sʹljady Pehasa
- 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
Declension of брук (inan sg-only velar masc-form accent-a)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | брук bruk |
| genitive | бру́ку brúku |
| dative | бру́ку brúku |
| accusative | брук bruk |
| instrumental | бру́кам brúkam |
| locative | бру́ку brúku |
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 • (bruk) m inan (genitive бру́ку, nominative plural бру́ки, genitive plural бру́ків)
- cobblestones (road pavement made of stones)
Declension
| 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 |
Further reading
- Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2010), “брук”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (а – бязь), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
- Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund (2001–2025) “Словники України” online [Dictionaries of Ukraine online][1] (in Ukrainian)