kubrak

Polish

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from Middle High German kapp-rock (“hooded coat”). Alternatively from Turkish kubur (“case”) + -ak. If so, doublet of kabura (“holster”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.brak/
• Rhymes: -ubrak
• Syllabification: ku‧brak

Noun

kubrak m inan (diminutive kubraczek, augmentative kubraczysko)

1. jacket (piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length)
2. (historical) spencer (short double-breasted men's overcoat worn in the 18th and 19th centuries)
3. (historical) spencer (short, close-fitting jacket primarily worn by women and children in the early 19th century)

Declension

Declension of kubrak

	singular	plural
nominative	kubrak	kubraki
genitive	kubraka	kubraków
dative	kubrakowi	kubrakom
accusative	kubrak	kubraki
instrumental	kubrakiem	kubrakami
locative	kubraku	kubrakach
vocative	kubraku	kubraki

Derived terms

noun

• kubraczyna

 

Further reading

• kubrak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kubrak in Polish dictionaries at PWN