veik

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From veĩkti (to act, work).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adverb

véik

  1. quickly, immediately, soon
    véik ateisiu.I will come soon.
  2. almost, nearly
    Véik visai negalima.(It is) almost completely impossible.

Conjunction

véik

  1. repeated conjunction used to enumerate contrasting phrases
    Paukštis lėkė véik šen, véik ten.The bird flew here and there.
    Oras keitas: véik lyna, véik saulėThe weather is changing: rain comes, sun comes.

References

  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “veĩkti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 728

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse veikr.

Alternative forms

Adjective

veik (masculine and feminine veik, neuter veikt, definite singular and plural veike, comparative veikere, indefinite superlative veikest, definite superlative veikeste)

  1. weak
  2. flexible, pliant

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Verb

veik

  1. simple past of vike

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse veikr, from Proto-Germanic *waikwaz. Akin to English weak

Adjective

veik (neuter veikt, definite singular and plural veike, comparative veikare, indefinite superlative veikast, definite superlative veikaste)

  1. weak

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German.

Alternative forms

Noun

veik m (definite singular veiken, indefinite plural veikar, definite plural veikane)

  1. wick

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

veik

  1. imperative of veika and veikja
  2. past of vika

References

Old Norse

Adjective

veik

  1. inflection of veikr:
    1. strong feminine nominative singular
    2. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural

Verb

veik

  1. second-person singular imperative active of veikja
  2. first/third-person singular past indicative active of víka, víkja and víkva