bruk

bruk

1. Romanization of 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌺

From Sanskrit वृक्क (vṛkka), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥tkás; compare Persian گرده‎ (gorde).

bruk (Arabic بروُک‎)

1. kidney

• bruki

• IPA^(key): [brʊk]

brùk

1. second-person singular imperative of brukti

Cognate with Upper Sorbian bruk and Czech brouk.

• IPA^(key): /bruk/

bruk m (diminutive bruck)

1. beetle (insect)

• brucaś
• brucyk
• brucyś
• brukaś

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “bruk”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “bruk”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

From Middle Low German bruk.

bruk m or n (definite singular bruken or bruket, uncountable)

1. use (noun)

bruk n (definite singular bruket, indefinite plural bruk, definite plural bruka or brukene)

1. farm, works, mill, factory (industrial undertaking)

bruk

1. imperative of bruke

• “bruk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /brʉːk/

From Middle Low German bruk.

bruk m or n (definite singular bruken or bruket, uncountable)

1. use (noun)

bruk n (definite singular bruket, indefinite plural bruk, definite plural bruka)

1. farm, works, mill, factory (industrial undertaking)

bruk

1. imperative of bruka
2. imperative of bruke

• “bruk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from German Brücke, from Middle High German brucke, from Old High German brugga, brucca, from Proto-West Germanic *bruggju, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ.[1] Doublet of bryka (“britchka, car”).

• IPA^(key): /bruk/

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• Rhymes: -uk
• Syllabification: bruk
• Homophones: bróg, Bróg, Brug

bruk m inan

1. cobblestones (road pavement made of stones)
   • 1969, Seweryn Orzełowski, Budowa podwozi i nadwozi samochodowych‎, 18th edition, Wydawnictwa Szkolne i Pedagogiczne, page 379:

     Na podstawie obserwowanej eksploatacji wyznacza się [...] procentowe udziały pracy na drogach o różnych rodzajach nawierzchni (asfalt, bruk, drogi gruntowe)[...]

     On the basis of the observed exploitation one determines the percentage of action on roads with different kinds of pavement (asphalt, cobblestones, dirt roads) [...]

   • 2013 November 11, “Wyrwany bruk, rozbite samochody. Skutki zamieszek”, in Rzeczpospolita‎, archived from the original on 2023-01-11:

     Policja pilnuje zniszczonej ulicy Wilczej. Leży na niej bruk, szkło i metalowe słupki.

     The police is monitoring the ruined Wilcza [Wolf] Street. On it lie cobblestones, glass, and metal poles.

   • 2021 September 11, Aleksandra Beldowicz, “Poznań stawia na rośliny w centrum miasta”, in Rzeczpospolita‎, archived from the original on 2021-09-20:

     [...] władze miasta planują usuwać bruk i sadzić rośliny [...]

     [...] the city government plans to remove the cobblestones and plant plants [...]

2. (archaic) pavement of any sort

   Synonym: nawierzchnia

   • 1934 June 13, “Zamach na asfalt magistracki”, in Józef Matuszczyk, editor, ABC: pismo codzienne informuje wszystkich o wszystkiem‎, number 161, Warszawa: Mazowiecka Spółka Wydawnicza, archived from the original on 2023-01-11, page 4:

     W tych dniach na ul. Gęsiej przystąpiono do naprawiania bruku asfaltowego, jednakże robotę chwilowo przerwano.

     In these days, on Gęsia [Goose] Street, the repair of the asphalt pavement was begun; however, the work was momentarily stopped.

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

From Low German bruk (“use”), from the verb bruken (“to use”).

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• Rhymes: -ʉːk

bruk n

1. a use, usage

   Jag har inget bruk för den

   I have no use for it

2. a customary way of behaving within some group of people; a practice, a custom, a fashion, a tradition, culture

   seder och bruk

   customs and practices

3. cultivation, tillage
4. a works, a mill, an industry, an ironwork, a forge

   Han jobbar på bruket

   He works at the mill

5. mortar (mixture of cement)
   • 1948, Ulf Peder Olrog, song title

     Mera bruk i baljan, boys

     More mortar in the trough, boys

   Synonym: murbruk

Idiomatic for using illegal drugs (and certain public services, e.g. home care) in (sense 1).

• bruka (“use”)
• brukare (“user”)
• brukbar (“usable”)
• bruklig
• bruksanvisning
• bruksort
• jordbruk (“agriculture”)
• järnbruk
• murbruk
• naturbruk (“natural resource use”)
• obrukbar (“unusable”)
• skogsbruk (“forestry”)
• vattenbruk (“aquaculture”)

• användning
• verk

• bruk in Svensk ordbok.

• burk

From English break.

bruk intrans., transitive brukim

1. (intransitive) break
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:10:

     Na wanpela wara i kamap long Iden bilong givim wara long dispela gaden. Dispela wara i bruk na i kamap 4-pela han wara

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bruk

1. broken

• brukim