brada

Inherited from Old Czech brada, from Proto-Slavic *bordà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bardā́ˀ.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbrada]

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brada f (diminutive bradka)

1. chin
2. beard, goatee

   Synonym: bradka

• “brada”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “brada”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “brada”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz
• “brada”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

• bradda

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo brada (“brother”), ultimately from English brother. Doublet of broeder and broer.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbraː.daː/, [ˈbra.da]

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• Hyphenation: bra‧da

brada m (plural brada's)

1. (informal in Suriname, slang in the Netherlands) bro, friend
   • 2017, “M'n Brada [My Bro]”, performed by Lijpe:

     Je bent m'n brada, m'n broeder, m'n broer tot het eind // Ook al zit je een tijd, ik zal daar voor je zijn

     You are my bro, my brother, my pal until the end // Even if you do time, I'll be there for you

   • 2020, “Brada [Bro]”, performed by Jack:

     Ging nooit op vakantie brada, never zag ik stranden // Nu heb ik wieri al gefixt in Barca voor we landen

     I never went on holidays bro, I never saw beaches // Now I have already fixed some weed in Barca before we've landed

2. (Suriname) synonym of broeder (“brother (form of address to a man among members of the Moravian Church)”)

• (slang) broer
• (standard Dutch) vriend, maat, makker

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brada

1. third-person singular past historic of brader

• barda

brada

1. inflection of bradar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈbra.da/
• Rhymes: -ada
• Hyphenation: brà‧da

brada

1. feminine singular of brado

• barda

brada m

1. (dialectal) genitive singular of brads

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bordà.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈbrada/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈbrada/

brada f

1. beard (especially on the chin)

   Synonym: bradka

2. chin

• Czech: brada

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “brada”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɑː.dɑ/

brāda

1. inflection of brād:
   1. strong nominative/accusative feminine plural
   2. weak nominative masculine singular

Borrowed from English brother.^[1] Doublet of frade, freire, and bróder.

• Rhymes: -ɐdɐ
• Hyphenation: bra‧da

brada m (plural bradas)

1. (Mozambique) brother
2. (Mozambique) friend

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• Rhymes: -adɐ
• Hyphenation: bra‧da

brada

1. inflection of bradar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *borda, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bardā́ˀ.

• IPA^(key): /brǎːda/
• Hyphenation: bra‧da

bráda f (Cyrillic spelling бра́да)

1. beard
2. chin

• “brada”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bordà.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbrada]

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brada f (diminutive briadka or bradička, augmentative bradisko)

1. chin
2. beard
3. a yellow wild flower (Tragopogon)

• bradáč m
• bradatý

• “brada”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bordà.

• IPA^(key): /bràːda/

bráda f

1. beard
2. chin

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	bráda
gen. sing.	bráde
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bráda	brádi	bráde
genitive (rodȋlnik)	bráde	brád	brád
dative (dajȃlnik)	brádi	brádama	brádam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	brádo	brádi	bráde
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	brádi	brádah	brádah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	brádo	brádama	brádami

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing.	bráda
gen. sing.	bradé
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bráda	bradé	bradé
genitive (rodȋlnik)	bradé	brád	brád
dative (dajȃlnik)	brádi	bradáma	bradàm
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bradó	bradé	bradé
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	brádi	bradàh	bradàh
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	bradó	bradáma	bradámi

• bŕki

• “brada”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “brada”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

From English brother.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbra.da/

brada

1. brother

• Aukan: baala
• Saramaccan: baaa
• → Dutch: brada