noun · femininefirst declension
brāca1
brāca f (genitive brācae)
Classical[ˈbraː.ka]Ecclesiastical[ˈbraː.ka]
Meaning
- in pluraltrousers, breeches (not worn by the Romans)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | brāca | brācae |
| genitive | brācae | brācārum |
| dative | brācae | brācīs |
| accusative | brācam | brācās |
| ablative | brācā | brācīs |
| vocative | brāca | brācae |
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
brāca ae, f (very rare), and brācae (bracc-), ārum, f
trowsers, breeches (of the Gauls, etc.), O., Pr., Ta., Iu.
Origins
Probably from Transalpine Gaulish *brāca, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *brāks, *brōks (“rump, hindquarters, crotch; leggings, trousers”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrāg- (“rump, hock, hindquarters”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break, crack, split”). Cognate with Latin suffrāgō (“hindquarters, hock, rump”).
Southern Gallo-Romance
- Catalanbraga
- Occitanbraga
- Englishbraggetfrom Old French brague
- Englishbracketfrom Old French brague
- Auvergnatbrajafrom Occitan braga
- Auvergnatesbrajafrom Occitan braga
- Limousinbrajafrom Occitan braga
- Limousinbraiafrom Occitan braga
- Provençalbraiafrom Occitan braga
- Vivaro-Alpinebraiafrom Occitan braga
Northern Gallo-Romance
- Frenchbraiefrom Old French braie
- Englishbrailfrom Old French braie
- Franco-Provençalbraya
Ibero-Romance
- Portuguesebragafrom Old Galician-Portuguese bragas
- Spanishbraga
- Galicianbragafrom Old Galician-Portuguese bragas
Balkan Romance
- Romanianbrace
Italo-Romance
- Italianbraca
- Sicilianvraca
Padanian
- Emilianbrèga
- Friulianbraghis
- Ladinbrea
- Ligurianbrâga
- Lombardbraga
- Piedmontesebraja
Borrowings
- Albanianbrekë
- Basquepraka
- Basquefraka
- Greekβράκαfrom Koine Greek βράκες
- Old Englishbræċċe
- Old Englishbraccas
- Swedishbracka