svastika

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See also: Svastika, svastikā, and svastiką

English

Noun

svastika (plural svastikas)

  1. Alternative form of swastika

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika).

Pronunciation

Noun

svastika f

  1. swastika (cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle to the right or to the left)
    Synonym: hákový kříž

Declension

Declension of svastika (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative svastika svastiky
genitive svastiky svastik
dative svastice svastikám
accusative svastiku svastiky
vocative svastiko svastiky
locative svastice svastikách
instrumental svastikou svastikami

Further reading

  • svastika in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • svastika in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika).

Noun

svastika n (singular definite svastikaet, plural indefinite svastikaer)

  1. swastika

Inflection

Declension of svastika
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative svastika svastikaet svastikaer svastikaerne
genitive svastikas svastikaets svastikaers svastikaernes

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /svas.ti.ka/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

svastika m (plural svastikas)

  1. swastika
    Synonym: croix gammée

Further reading

Latvian

 svastika on Latvian Wikipedia
Hinduisma svastika
Nacistu svastika

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika).

Noun

svastika f (4th declension)

  1. swastika (old religious symbol, later co-opted by the German Nazi party)

Declension

Declension of svastika (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) svastika svastikas
accusative (akuzatīvs) svastiku svastikas
genitive (ģenitīvs) svastikas svastiku
dative (datīvs) svastikai svastikām
instrumental (instrumentālis) svastiku svastikām
locative (lokatīvs) svastikā svastikās
vocative (vokatīvs) svastika svastikas

See also

Lithuanian

Lithuanian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia lt

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika).

Pronunciation

Noun

svãstika f (plural svãstikos) stress pattern 1

  1. swastika

Declension

Declension of svãstika
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) svãstika svãstikos
genitive (kilmininkas) svãstikos svãstikų
dative (naudininkas) svãstikai svãstikoms
accusative (galininkas) svãstiką svãstikas
instrumental (įnagininkas) svãstika svãstikomis
locative (vietininkas) svãstikoje svãstikose
vocative (šauksmininkas) svãstika svãstikos

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika).

Noun

svastika m (definite singular svastikaen, indefinite plural svastikaer, definite plural svastikaene)

  1. a swastika
    Synonym: hakekors

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika).

Noun

svastika m (definite singular svastikaen, indefinite plural svastikaar or svastikaer, definite plural svastikaane or svastikaene)

  1. a swastika
    Synonyms: hakekors, hakekross

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika).

Noun

svàstika f (Cyrillic spelling сва̀стика)

  1. swastika
Declension
Declension of svastika
singular plural
nominative svastika svastike
genitive svastike svastika
dative svastici svastikama
accusative svastiku svastike
vocative svastiko svastike
locative svastici svastikama
instrumental svastikom svastikama

Etymology 2

From svȃst +‎ -ika.

Noun

svàstika f (Cyrillic spelling сва̀стика)

  1. sister-in-law (wife's sister)
Declension
Declension of svastika
singular plural
nominative svastika svastike
genitive svastike svastika
dative svastici svastikama
accusative svastiku svastike
vocative svastiko svastike
locative svastici svastikama
instrumental svastikom svastikama

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika).

Pronunciation

Noun

svastika f (genitive singular svastiky, nominative plural svastiky, genitive plural svastík, declension pattern of žena)

  1. swastika
    Synonym: hákový kríž

Declension

Declension of svastika
singular plural
nominative svastika svastiky
genitive svastiky svastík
dative svastike svastikám
accusative svastiku svastiky
locative svastike svastikách
instrumental svastikou svastikami

Derived terms

References

  • “svastika”, 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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sbasˈtika/ , /esbasˈtika/
  • Rhymes: -ika
  • Syllabification: svas‧ti‧ka

Noun

svastika f (plural svastikas)

  1. swastika

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika).

Noun

svastika c

  1. a swastika
    Synonym: hakkors

Declension

Declension of svastika 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative svastika svastikan svastikor svastikorna
Genitive svastikas svastikans svastikors svastikornas
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