# brav
## Breton
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French brave, from Italian bravo, from Medieval Latin *bravus, from a conflation of Latin pravus with barbarus. Cognate with Welsh braf.

### Adjective

brav
* beautiful

### Mutation

Breton consonant mutation :
| | unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard |
| simple form | brav | vrav | never occurs | never occurs |
| comparative | b{{{3}}} | v{{{3}}} | never occurs | never occurs |
| superlative | b{{{4}}} | v{{{4}}} | unchanged | p{{{4}}} |
| exclamative | b{{{5}}} | v{{{5}}} | unchanged | p{{{5}}} |

## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *borvъ.

### Noun

brav m inan
* outdated word for small cattle like pigs, goats, sheep

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## German
### Alternative forms

* braf (obsolete)

### Etymology

From French brave.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bʁaːf/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

brav (strong nominative masculine singular braver, comparative braver, superlative am bravsten)
* (of people, especially children, and pets, obsoletely everything) good, well-behaved or reliable, obedient
    Ich verspreche, brav zu sein.I promise to be good.
** 1766 September 18, Donnstags-Nachrichten von Zürich, number 38:Es wird zum Verkauf angetragen: […] 13. Ein brafer Gewehr-Kasten; und so man wollte, könnte man auch andere Sachen darein thun.It is put to sale: […] 13. A reliable rifle-chest; and if desired one could put other things in, too.
* (of people, especially adults, dated) honest, upright, upstanding
* (of clothes, behaviour) conventional, conservative, dowdy
* (obsolete) lively, quick, bold, nimble, daring, racy
* (obsolete) bold, keen, courageous

#### Related terms

* bravieren
* Bravade

### Further reading

* “brav” in Duden online
* “brav” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* Friedrich Kluge (1883) “brav”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
* “brav” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

From French brave.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɣav/

### Adjective

brav
* brave

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Low German brav and French brave, from Italian bravo.

### Adjective

brav (masculine and feminine brav, neuter bravt, definite singular and plural brave, comparative bravere, indefinite superlative bravest, definite superlative braveste)
* (literary) brave
* (obsolete) good

#### Synonyms

* modig

### References

* “brav” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “brav” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French brave, from Italian bravo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /brav/
* Rhymes: -av

### Adjective

brav m or n (feminine singular bravă, masculine plural bravi, feminine and neuter plural brave)
* brave, courageous
    Synonyms: viteaz, curajos, îndrăzneț

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *borvъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /brâːʋ/

### Noun

brȃv m (Cyrillic spelling бра̑в)
* male sheep or goat
    Synonyms: jarac, ovan
* wether

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “brav” in Hrvatski jezični portal

## Slovak
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *borvъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [braʋ]

### Noun

brav m animal (diminutive bravček)
* barrow, castrated male pig

### Further reading

* “brav”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024