vlek

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Czech

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Etymology

Deverbal from vléct.

Pronunciation

Noun

vlek m inan

  1. Alternative form of vlečení
  2. trailer (unpowered vehicle)
    Synonym: přívěs
  3. ski tow

Declension

Declension of vlek (velar masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative vlek vleky
genitive vleku vleků
dative vleku vlekům
accusative vlek vleky
vocative vleku vleky
locative vleku vlecích
instrumental vlekem vleky

Further reading

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

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vleck, vlecke (also vlacke), from Old Dutch flec (attested as a byname) and *flekko, from Proto-Germanic *flekka- (“spot, mark, blemish”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂g-, *pleh₂k- (“to beat, strike”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vlɛk/
  • vlek(file)
  • Hyphenation: vlek
  • Rhymes: -ɛk

Noun

vlek f or m (plural vlekken, diminutive vlekje n)

  1. spot, stain, speck
    Synonym: smet

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Sranan Tongo: flaka, fraka

Noun

vlek n (plural vlekken, diminutive vlekje n)

  1. (obsolete) area, region
  2. hamlet
  3. (obsolete) town, large village
    Synonym: dorp

Derived terms

References

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