# мрак
## Bulgarian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *morkъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mrak]
* Rhymes: -ak

### Noun

мрак • (mrak) m (relational adjective мра́чен)
* (uncountable) darkness, dimness (lack of light)

#### Derived terms

* (causative-iterative) мрача́ (mračá)
* (causative-iterative) мрача́сам (mračásam)
* помрача́вам (pomračávam)
* смрача́вам се (smračávam se)
* (abstract noun) мракота́ (mrakotá)
* полумра́к (polumrák)
* примра́к (primrák)
* сумра́к (sumrák)
* мрако- (mrako-)
** мракобе́с (mrakobés)
** мракобе́сие (mrakobésie, “obscurantism”)
** мраконо́сец (mrakonósec, “dark-bringer”)

#### Related terms

* мърча́ impf (mǎrčá), мръ́квам impf (mrǎ́kvam), мръ́кна pf (mrǎ́kna, “to darken, to sunset”)
* мръ́чкам (mrǎ́čkam, “to grime, to sully”)
* мръ́щя се (mrǎ́štja se, “to frown”)

### References

* “мрак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “мрак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
* Nayden Gerov (1899) “мракъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 85
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мрак”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 278
* “мракъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *morkъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mrak]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

мрак • (mrak) m (relational adjective мрачен)
* darkness

#### Declension
## Russian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic мракъ (mrakŭ), from Proto-Slavic *morkъ. Doublet of мо́рок (mórok), the inherited East Slavic form.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mrak]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

мрак • (mrak) m inan (genitive мра́ка, nominative plural мра́ки, genitive plural мра́ков) (literary)
* shadow, darkness
    Synonyms: тьма f (tʹma), те́мень f (témenʹ), потёмки f (potjómki), мгла f (mgla), темнота́ f (temnotá)
* gloom, cheerlessness [with genitive ‘of something’]
* (poetic) despair

#### Declension
### Predicative

мрак • (mrak)
* (colloquial) it's a nightmare, it's appalling/dreadful

#### Derived terms

* мракобе́с (mrakobés)
** мракобе́сие (mrakobésije)
* мрачи́ть (mračítʹ), помрачи́ть (pomračítʹ)
** помраче́ние (pomračénije)
* мра́чный (mráčnyj)
** мрачне́ть (mračnétʹ), помрачне́ть (pomračnétʹ)

#### Related terms

* омрача́ть (omračátʹ), омрачи́ть (omračítʹ)
* омрачаться (omračatʹsja), омрачиться (omračitʹsja)
* су́мрак (súmrak)

### References

* Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мрак”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

### Anagrams

* Марк (Mark)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *morkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *markas, from Proto-Indo-European *mergʷ- (“to flicker; to darken; to be dark”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mrâːk/

### Noun

мра̑к m (Latin spelling mrȃk)
* dark, darkness
* dusk
    Они раде од јутра до мрака. ― They work from dawn to dusk.
* (slang) the bomb, the shit (something of excellent quality)

#### Related terms

* мрачан

### Further reading

* “мрак” in Hrvatski jezični portal