oblak

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See also: Oblak, oblák, obłąk, Obłąk, and ôblak

Czech

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech oblak, from Proto-Slavic *obolkъ.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ob‧lak

Noun

oblak (in the singular or plural) m inan or (in the plural) n

  1. cloud (visible mass of water droplets in the air)
    Synonym: mrak
  2. cloud (mass of dust or smoke)

Usage notes

  • In the plural, this term can take either masculine or neuter agreement, with distinct forms, e.g. dva oblaky or dvě oblaka, both meaning "two clouds".

Declension

when masculine:

when masculine in the singular, neuter in the plural:

Further reading

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

Polish

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From obły +‎ -ak.

Pronunciation

 
  • Rhymes: -ɔblak
  • Syllabification: o‧blak

Noun

oblak m inan

  1. oval-shaped piece of wood
  2. tumor, especially a malignant tumor
  3. (Near Masovian) untrimmed and uncut pole in a fence

Declension

Further reading

  • oblak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Zygmunt Wasilewski (1889) “{u)oblak”, in Jagodne: wieś w powiecie łukowskim, gminie Dąbie: zarys etnograficzny (in Polish), Warsaw: M. Arct, page 244

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *obolkъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

ȍblāk m (Cyrillic spelling о̏бла̄к)

  1. cloud

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • oblak”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovak

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *obolkъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

oblak m inan (related adjective oblakový, diminutive obláčik or obláčok, augmentative oblačisko)

  1. cloud

Declension

Further reading

  • oblak”, 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, 2003–2024

Slovene

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Kumulusni oblak - Cumulus cloud

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *obolkъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

oblȃk m inan

  1. cloud

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. oblák
gen. sing. obláka
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
oblák obláka obláki
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
obláka oblákov oblákov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
obláku oblákoma oblákom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
oblák obláka obláke
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
obláku oblákih oblákih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
oblákom oblákoma obláki

See also

Further reading

  • oblak”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • oblak”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references