мрак

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *morkъ.

• IPA^(key): [mrak]
• Rhymes: -ak

мрак • (mrak) m (relational adjective мра́чен)

1. (uncountable) darkness, dimness (lack of light)

• мрако- (mrako-)
  • мракобе́с (mrakobés)
  • мракобе́сие (mrakobésie, “obscurantism”)
  • мраконо́сец (mrakonósec, “dark-bringer”)

• мърча́ impf (mǎrčá), мръ́квам impf (mrǎ́kvam), мръ́кна pf (mrǎ́kna, “to darken, to sunset”)
• мръ́чкам (mrǎ́čkam, “to grime, to sully”)
• мръ́щя се (mrǎ́štja se, “to frown”)

• “мрак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “мрак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “мракъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 85
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мрак”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 278
• “мракъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *morkъ.

• IPA^(key): [mrak]

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мрак • (mrak) m (relational adjective мрачен)

1. darkness

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic мракъ (mrakŭ), from Proto-Slavic *morkъ. Doublet of мо́рок (mórok), the inherited East Slavic form.

• IPA^(key): [mrak]

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мрак • (mrak) m inan (genitive мра́ка, nominative plural мра́ки, genitive plural мра́ков) (literary)

1. shadow, darkness

   Synonyms: тьма f (tʹma), те́мень f (témenʹ), потёмки f (potjómki), мгла f (mgla), темнота́ f (temnotá)

2. gloom, cheerlessness [with genitive ‘of something’]
3. (poetic) despair

мрак • (mrak)

1. (colloquial) it's a nightmare, it's appalling/dreadful

• омрача́ть (omračátʹ), омрачи́ть (omračítʹ)
• омрачаться (omračatʹsja), омрачиться (omračitʹsja)
• су́мрак (súmrak)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мрак”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

• Марк (Mark)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *morkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *markas, from Proto-Indo-European *mergʷ- (“to flicker; to darken; to be dark”).

• IPA^(key): /mrâːk/

мра̑к m inan (Latin spelling mrȃk)

1. dark, darkness
2. dusk

   Они раде од јутра до мрака. ― They work from dawn to dusk.

3. (slang) the bomb, the shit (something of excellent quality)

• мрачан

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