vraka

See also: vräka

English
Cretan peasant costume

Etymology

From Greek βράκα (vráka), from (as singular) Latin bracae. Doublet of breech.

Noun

vraka (plural vrakes)

  1. (A pair of) baggy breeches worn in the Balkans, the Greek islands (especially Crete) and in Cyprus.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:vraka.

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

vraka n

  1. definite plural of vrak

Verb

vraka

  1. inflection of vrake:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

vraka n

  1. definite plural of vrak

Swedish

Verb

vraka (present vrakar, preterite vrakade, supine vrakat, imperative vraka)

  1. to sort out and reject (something)
  2. (with bort (“away”)) to sell (something) at a bargain price
  3. (dated) to driftnet

Usage notes

Uncommon outside the derived terms in contemporary Swedish.

Conjugation
Conjugation of vraka (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive vraka vrakas
Supine vrakat vrakats
Imperative vraka —
Imper. plural1 vraken —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative vrakar vrakade vrakas vrakades
Ind. plural1 vraka vrakade vrakas vrakades
Subjunctive2 vrake vrakade vrakes vrakades
Participles
Present participle vrakande
Past participle vrakad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

References
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