vasks

vasks c

1. indefinite genitive singular of vask

vasks

1. indefinite genitive singular of vaskur

 vasks on Latvian Wikipedia

From Proto-Baltic *waksa (with metathesis, *waska-s), from Proto-Indo-European *wokso- (“wax”), from the stem *weg- (“to weave”) (< *aw-eg). The original meaning was thus “woven, fabric-like” (i.e., cells, honeycomb). Cognates include Lithuanian vãškas, Old Church Slavonic воскъ (voskŭ), Russian воск (vosk), Belarusian воск (vosk), Ukrainian віск (visk), Bulgarian во́сък (vósǎk), Czech vosk, Polish wosk, Proto-Germanic *wahsa- (Old High German wahs, Old English wæx, German Wachs, English wax).

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vasks m (1st declension)

1. wax (an oily, water-resistant substance)

   grīdas vasks ― floor wax

   vaska sveces ― wax candles, tapers

   sintētiskais vasks ― synthetic wax

   augu vaski ― plant waxes

   dzīvnieku vaski ― animal waxes

   bišu vasks ― beeswax

   vaska figūra ― wax figure

   kausēt vasku ― to melt wax

   mīksts kā vasks ― soft as wax