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Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish وقت (vakt), from Arabic وَقْت (waqt).(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun
- (obsolete, dialect) time, period, moment, era; age (when associated with a person and stage of life)
- Synonyms: kohë, moshë, periudhë, nge; vitet, vërsë
S'kam vakt për...- I have no time for...
Vakti për...- The time to... ~ The age for...
- leisure(time), pause, resting, break (bedtime, sleeptime)
- meal(time), repast (time when eating; breakfast, mealtime, lunch, dinner, supper)
- Synonyms: haje, drekë, darkë, mëngjes, ushqim
- good condition, lucky position/situation; (afford)ability; fortune, fate
- Synonyms: gjendje; përballueshmërinë, aftësi; fat
Declension
Further reading
- noun vakt (def./sg. vakti; indef./pl. vakte; def./pl. vaktet) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
References
- ^ Oda Buchholz, Wilfried Fiedler, Gerda Uhlisch (2000) Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Albanisch, Langenscheidt Verlag, →ISBN, page 601 (vakt)
- ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 168, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
- ^ Dictionnaire Français-Albanais / Fjalor Shqip-Frengjisht, page 616, Vedat Kokona, Tiranë, 2002, →ISBN
Danish
Pronunciation
IPA(key):
Verb
vakt
- past participle of vække
Faroese
Etymology
From Middle Low German wachte, from Old Saxon wahta, from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō.
Pronunciation
Noun
vakt f (genitive singular vaktar, plural vaktir)
- guard
- watch
Declension
Derived terms
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Noun
vakt f (genitive singular vaktar, nominative plural vaktir)
- shift, watch
- guard
Declension
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German wacht, wachte.
Noun
vakt f or m (definite singular vakta or vakten, indefinite plural vakter, definite plural vaktene)
- a guard (person)
- stå vakt - stand guard
- a watch (period of duty; time period)
- holde vakt - keep watch
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Verb
vakt
- past participle of vekke
References
- “vakt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German wacht, wachte.
Pronunciation
Noun
vakt f (definite singular vakta, indefinite plural vakter, definite plural vaktene)
- a guard (person)
- a watch (period of duty; time period)
Derived terms
Verb
vakt
- imperative of vakta
Etymology 2
Verb
vakt
- (non-standard since 1938) supine of vekkja
Participle
vakt (definite singular and plural vakte)
- (non-standard since 1938) past participle of vekkja
Adjective
vakt (indefinite singular vakt, definite singular and plural vakte)
- (Religion) having spiritually awakened, e.g. born-again (in certain Christian denominations)
References
- “vakt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Middle Low German wachte, from Old Saxon wahta, from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō.
Pronunciation
Noun
vakt c
- a guard
Nisse är en vakt- Nisse is a guard
- watch, guard (keeping guard/watch)
Stig håller vakt medan vi rånar juvelerarbutiken- Stig keeps watch while we rob the jewelry store
Usage notes
You hold (håller) rather than keep watch in Swedish.
Declension
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References