brav

Breton

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French brave, from Italian bravo, from Medieval Latin *bravus, from a conflation of Latin pravus with barbarus. Cognate with Welsh braf.

Adjective

brav

  1. beautiful

Mutation
  Mutation of brav  
Breton consonant mutation
unmutatedsoftaspiratehard
simple form brav vrav never occurs never occurs
comparative b{{{3}}} v{{{3}}} never occurs never occurs
superlative b{{{4}}} v{{{4}}} unchanged p{{{4}}}
exclamative b{{{5}}} v{{{5}}} unchanged p{{{5}}}

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French brave.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bʁaːf/
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Adjective

brav (strong nominative masculine singular braver, comparative braver, superlative am bravsten)

  1. (of people, especially children, and pets, obsoletely everything) good, well-behaved or reliable, obedient
    Ich verspreche, brav zu sein.
    I promise to be good.
    • 1766 September 18, Donnstags-Nachrichten von Zürich, number 38:
      Es wird zum Verkauf angetragen: […] 13. Ein brafer Gewehr-Kasten; und so man wollte, könnte man auch andere Sachen darein thun.
      It is put to sale: […] 13. A reliable rifle-chest; and if desired one could put other things in, too.
  2. (of people, especially adults, dated) honest, upright, upstanding
  3. (of clothes, behaviour) conventional, conservative, dowdy
  4. (obsolete) lively, quick, bold, nimble, daring, racy
  5. (obsolete) bold, keen, courageous

Declension
Positive forms of brav
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist brav sie ist brav es ist brav sie sind brav
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative braver brave braves brave
genitive braven braver braven braver
dative bravem braver bravem braven
accusative braven brave braves brave
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der brave die brave das brave die braven
genitive des braven der braven des braven der braven
dative dem braven der braven dem braven den braven
accusative den braven die brave das brave die braven
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein braver eine brave ein braves (keine) braven
genitive eines braven einer braven eines braven (keiner) braven
dative einem braven einer braven einem braven (keinen) braven
accusative einen braven eine brave ein braves (keine) braven
Comparative forms of brav
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist braver sie ist braver es ist braver sie sind braver
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative braverer bravere braveres bravere
genitive braveren braverer braveren braverer
dative braverem braverer braverem braveren
accusative braveren bravere braveres bravere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der bravere die bravere das bravere die braveren
genitive des braveren der braveren des braveren der braveren
dative dem braveren der braveren dem braveren den braveren
accusative den braveren die bravere das bravere die braveren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein braverer eine bravere ein braveres (keine) braveren
genitive eines braveren einer braveren eines braveren (keiner) braveren
dative einem braveren einer braveren einem braveren (keinen) braveren
accusative einen braveren eine bravere ein braveres (keine) braveren
Superlative forms of brav
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am bravsten sie ist am bravsten es ist am bravsten sie sind am bravsten
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative bravster bravste bravstes bravste
genitive bravsten bravster bravsten bravster
dative bravstem bravster bravstem bravsten
accusative bravsten bravste bravstes bravste
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der bravste die bravste das bravste die bravsten
genitive des bravsten der bravsten des bravsten der bravsten
dative dem bravsten der bravsten dem bravsten den bravsten
accusative den bravsten die bravste das bravste die bravsten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein bravster eine bravste ein bravstes (keine) bravsten
genitive eines bravsten einer bravsten eines bravsten (keiner) bravsten
dative einem bravsten einer bravsten einem bravsten (keinen) bravsten
accusative einen bravsten eine bravste ein bravstes (keine) bravsten

Further reading
  • “brav” in Duden online
  • “brav” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Friedrich Kluge (1883) “brav”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
  • “brav” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French brave.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɣav/

Adjective

brav

  1. brave

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Low German brav and French brave, from Italian bravo.

Adjective

brav (masculine and feminine brav, neuter bravt, definite singular and plural brave, comparative bravere, indefinite superlative bravest, definite superlative braveste)

  1. (literary) brave
  2. (obsolete) good

Synonyms

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French brave, from Italian bravo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /brav/
  • Rhymes: -av

Adjective

brav m or n (feminine singular bravă, masculine plural bravi, feminine and neuter plural brave)

  1. brave, courageous
    Synonyms: viteaz, curajos, îndrăzneț

Declension
Declension of brav
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite brav bravă bravi brave
definite bravul brava bravii bravele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite brav brave bravi brave
definite bravului bravei bravelor bravilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *borvъ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /brâːʋ/

Noun

brȃv m (Cyrillic spelling бра̑в)

  1. male sheep or goat
    Synonyms: jarac, ovan
  2. wether

Declension
Declension of brav
singular plural
nominative brav bravi
genitive brava brava
dative bravu bravima
accusative brava brave
vocative brave bravi
locative bravu bravima
instrumental bravom bravima

Further reading
  • “brav” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *borvъ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbrau̯/

Noun

brav m anim

  1. barrow, castrated male pig

Further reading
  • “brav”, 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, 2024
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