брук

Belarusian

брук

Alternative forms

• bruk — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish bruk, from German Brücke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bruk]

Noun

брук • (bruk) m inan (genitive бру́ку, uncountable)

1. cobblestones (road pavement made of stones)
   • 1914, Maksim Bahdanovič, Вянок, page 117:

     Ды як знайсьці сьляды Пэгаса
     На бруку места? Цяжка ўперш!

     Dy jak znajsʹci sʹljady Pehasa
     Na bruku mjesta? Cjažka ŭpjerš!

     But how to find the footprints of Pegasus
     On the cobblestones of a city? It's hard to begin with!

   • 1938 [1848], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 68:

     Гэтае адзінотнае месца, дзе паміж каменнямі бруку расла трава, называлася пляцам Прынцэсы.

     Hetaje adzinótnaje mjesca, dzje pamiž kamjennjami bruku rasla trava, nazyvalasja pljacam Pryncesy.

     [original: The name of this retirement, where grass grew between the chinks in the stone pavement, was Princess’s Place;]

Declension

Declension of брук (inan sg-only velar masc-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	брук bruk
genitive	бру́ку brúku
dative	бру́ку brúku
accusative	брук bruk
instrumental	бру́кам brúkam
locative	бру́ку brúku

Further reading

• “брук” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “брук”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)

Ukrainian

Etymology

Form Polish bruk, from German Brücke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bruk]

• Audio:

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Noun

брук • (bruk) m inan (genitive бру́ку, nominative plural бру́ки, genitive plural бру́ків)

1. cobblestones (road pavement made of stones)

Declension

Declension of брук
(inan velar masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	брук bruk	бру́ки brúky
genitive	бру́ку brúku	бру́ків brúkiv
dative	бру́кові, бру́ку brúkovi, brúku	бру́кам brúkam
accusative	брук bruk	бру́ки brúky
instrumental	бру́ком brúkom	бру́ками brúkamy
locative	бру́ку brúku	бру́ках brúkax
vocative	бру́ку brúku	бру́ки brúky

Further reading

• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2010), “брук”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (а – бязь), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
• Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund (2001–2025) “Словники України” online [Dictionaries of Ukraine online]‎^[1] (in Ukrainian)