Translation
marriage; a reject, defective item
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Word origin
The marriage sense is from брать ('to take'), literally 'a taking (of a wife)'; the defective-goods sense is a separate 19th-century loan from German Brack.
- Origin
- Proto-Slavic / German
- Root
- bьrati
Grammar
Examples
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Their marriage has lasted twenty years already.
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She was happy in marriage.
това́р .
This item was returned as defective.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 10, lesson 2: Words 911-920.