vak

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See also: väk and våk

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch vak.

Pronunciation

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Noun

vak (plural vakke)

  1. subject

Albanian

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Compare Old Norse vókr (“wet”).

Verb

vak

  1. to warm

Derived terms

Related terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vak”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 493

Breton

Etymology

From Latin vacuus.

Adjective

vak

  1. vacant

Czech

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Etymology

Back-formation from váček, reinterpreted as a diminutive with the suffix -ek, while it actually originated in Middle High German wātsac.

Pronunciation

Noun

vak m inan

  1. bag
    Synonym: torba
  2. pouch (cheek pocket in which some animals carry food)
    Synonym: torba
  3. pouch (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young)

Declension

Declension of vak (velar masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative vak vaky
genitive vaku vaků
dative vaku vakům
accusative vak vaky
vocative vaku vaky
locative vaku vacích
instrumental vakem vaky

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ "váček" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

Further reading

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

Dutch

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Etymology

From Middle Dutch vac, from Old Dutch *fak, from Proto-West Germanic *fak, from Proto-Germanic *faką. In some of the contemporary senses probably influenced by cognate German Fach.

Pronunciation

Noun

vak n (plural vakken, diminutive vakje n)

  1. A compartment (e.g. a shelf, a section).
  2. A subject, discipline, class, notably in education.
  3. A profession.
  4. A trade, craft.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: vak
  • → Indonesian: vak

Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

Adjective

vak (comparative vakabb, superlative legvakabb)

  1. blind
    Synonym: világtalan
    Antonym: látó

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative vak vakok
accusative vakot vakokat
dative vaknak vakoknak
instrumental vakkal vakokkal
causal-final vakért vakokért
translative vakká vakokká
terminative vakig vakokig
essive-formal vakként vakokként
essive-modal vakul —
inessive vakban vakokban
superessive vakon vakokon
adessive vaknál vakoknál
illative vakba vakokba
sublative vakra vakokra
allative vakhoz vakokhoz
elative vakból vakokból
delative vakról vakokról
ablative vaktól vakoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		vaké vakoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		vakéi vakokéi

Derived terms

Compound words
Expressions

References

  1. ^ vak in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • vak in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch vak, from Middle Dutch vac.

Pronunciation

Noun

vak

  1. subject (in school)
    Synonyms: mata kuliah, mata pelajaran
  2. profession
  3. trade, craft
    Synonym: kejuruan

Further reading

Norman

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Alternative forms

Noun

vak f (plural vaks)

  1. (Sark) cow

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From the verb vaka.

Noun

vak n (definite singular vaket, indefinite plural vak, definite plural vaka)

  1. (fishing) fish skipping, jumping (or similar) at the surface of the water
  2. ring(s) in the surface of the water after fish having jumped, skipped or similar
    vak i vak bortover vatnet
  3. (fishing) a net
  4. (fishing) shoal of fish close to the surface

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vakr, from Proto-Germanic *wakraz.

Adjective

vak (neuter vakt, definite singular and plural vake, comparative vakare, indefinite superlative vakast, definite superlative vakaste)

  1. awake, lively
  2. watchful

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vak

  1. imperative of vaka

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse vǫk.

Pronunciation

Noun

vak c

  1. a hole in a sheet of ice, a polynya
    Synonym: isvak

Declension

Declension of vak 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vak vaken vakar vakarna
Genitive vaks vakens vakars vakarnas

Noun

vak (definite (rarely) vaket)

  1. vigil, watching (especially over someone sick or dying)

Derived terms

Tocharian A

Etymology

Cf. wak. Compare Tocharian B vek.

Noun

vak

  1. voice

Turkish

Noun

vak (definite accusative vakı, plural vaklar)

  1. quacking sound
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