brach

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Late Middle English brache (“hunting dog, especially a small scent hound; female dog, bitch (?); lapdog (?)”), probably a back-formation from Old French brachès, brachez, the plural of brachet (“female scent hound”), a diminutive of brac, from Old High German braccho, bracco, bracko (“scent hound”) (modern German Bracke); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Germanic *brēkijaną (compare Latin fragrō (“to emit a smell”), Middle High German bræhen (“to smell (something); to use the sense of smell; to have a (bad) smell”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg- (“to have a strong odour, to smell”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /bɹæt͡ʃ/ Rhymes: -ætʃ ==== Noun ==== brach (plural brachs or braches) (archaic) (chiefly hunting) Originally, a synonym of scent hound (“a hunting dog that tracks prey using its sense of smell rather than by its vision”); later, any female hound; a bitch hound. Synonym: (obsolete) brachet (derogatory) A despicable or disagreeable woman; a bitch. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Clipping of brach(iopod). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /bɹæk/ Rhymes: -æk ==== Noun ==== brach (plural brachs) (paleontology, informal) Clipping of brachiopod. ===== Translations ===== === References === === Further reading === scent hound on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “brach, n.”, in Collins English Dictionary. === Anagrams === B.Arch., Barch == Czech == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Czech brach. By surface analysis, bratr (“brother”) +‎ -ch. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbrax] Hyphenation: brach === Noun === brach m anim (colloquial) bro (colloquial) guy ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “brach”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “brach”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “brach”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /braːx/, [bʁaːχ] === Etymology 1 === Backformation from brachliegen, from in Brache liegen, from the noun Brache (“fallow land, fallowness”). Cognate with Dutch braak. Related with brechen (etymology 2). ==== Adjective ==== brach (strong nominative masculine singular bracher, not comparable) fallow Synonyms: unbestellt, unbebaut ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== Brachland ===== Related terms ===== Brache brachliegen (brach liegen) === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== brach first/third-person singular preterite of brechen == Irish == === Etymology 1 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== brach m (genitive singular bracha) pus discharge from eyes during sleep ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== brachaí (“bleary”, adjective) (of eyes) brachshúileach (“blear-eyed”, adjective) === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== brach f (genitive singular braiche) alternative form of braich (“malt”) ===== Declension ===== ==== Verb ==== brach (present analytic brachann, future analytic brachfaidh, verbal noun brachadh, past participle brachta) (ambitransitive) alternative form of braich (“malt”) ===== Conjugation ===== === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “brach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Middle High German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈbrax/ === Verb === brach first/third-person singular preterite indicative of brëchen == Old Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈbrax/ IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈbrax/ === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== brach first-person singular aorist of bráti === Etymology 2 === From bratr +‎ -ch. ==== Noun ==== brach m pers diminutive of bratr brother friend lover ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Czech: brach ==== References ==== Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “brach”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbrax/ Rhymes: -ax Syllabification: brach === Etymology 1 === Clipping of brat + -ch. ==== Noun ==== brach m pers (colloquial) bro (comrade or friend) Coordinate term: siora ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== brach m inan locative plural of ber Synonym: berach === Further reading === brach in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN brach in Polish dictionaries at PWN