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бракувати

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Polish brakować (to lack, to be lacking).[1] By surface analysis, брак (brak) +‎ -ува́ти (-uváty). The sense "to consider defective" may be a semantic loan from Russian бракова́ть (brakovátʹ), a cognate. Compare also Belarusian бракава́ць (brakavácʹ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [brɐkʊˈʋate]
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Verb

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бракува́ти (brakuvátyimpf

  1. (impersonal) to lack, to be lacking, to be without, to be missing [with dative ‘to whom’], [with genitive ‘what’]
    Їм нічо́го не бракува́ло.
    Jim ničóho ne brakuválo.
    They lacked nothing. They wanted for nothing.
    Нам браку́є електроене́ргії.
    Nam brakúje elektroenérhiji.
    We lack electricity.
    Тут браку́є компете́нтних люде́й.
    Tut brakúje kompeténtnyx ljudéj.
    There is a lack of competent people here.
    У цій кни́зі браку́є де́кількох сторіно́к.
    U cij knýzi brakúje dékilʹkox storinók.
    Several pages are missing from this book. This book is lacking/missing several pages.

Conjugation

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Verb

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бракува́ти (brakuvátyimpf

  1. (transitive) to consider defective, to reject (as defective)

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References

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  1. ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1978), “брак”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 1 (А – бячэ́йка), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 376

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