brouk

See also: Brouk

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech brúk. Cognate of Lower Sorbian bruk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbrou̯k]

Noun

brouk m anim (related adjective broučí, diminutive brouček)

1. beetle
2. (expressive) sweetheart, love, honey

Declension

Declension of brouk (velar masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	brouk	brouci
genitive	brouka	brouků
dative	broukovi, brouku	broukům
accusative	brouka	brouky
vocative	brouku	brouci
locative	broukovi, brouku	broucích
instrumental	broukem	brouky

Derived terms

adjectives

• broučí

 

nouns

• broučátko
• brouče
• brouček
• broučice
• broučíček
• broučínek

 

Related terms

• broukat
• broukání

 

Further reading

• “brouk”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “brouk”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “brouk”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Scots

Alternative forms

• brook

Etymology

From Middle English brouken, from Old English brūcan (“to use, enjoy”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūkan.

Verb

tae brouk

1. to have the use or owndom of (money, land, etc.)