lak

See also: Lak, lák, låk, łąk, läk-, la̍k, -lak, Łąk, and лак

English

Adverb

lak (not comparable)

Pronunciation spelling of like, representing African-American Vernacular English.

Conjunction

lak

Pronunciation spelling of like, representing African-American Vernacular English.

Anagrams

ALK, Kal., alk, alk-, alk., lka

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *laka (“bend, curve”). Cognate to Latin lax (“bait, lure, noose, slip”), laqueus (“cord, rope (as noose, slip)”).[1]

Noun

lak m

chain (trap for wild animals)
snare
rope
bow (of a musical instrument)
pass (in the mountains)
bend
curve

Related terms

lakoj
lakim

Related terms

lakth
lajthi

References

Orel, Vladimir (1998), “lak”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 211

Czech

Etymology

From French lacre (“sealing wax”), from Portuguese laca.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈlak]
Hyphenation: lak
Rhymes: -ak

Noun

lak m inan

lacquer

Declension

Declension of lak

	singular	plural
nominative	lak	laky
genitive	laku	laků
dative	laku	lakům
accusative	lak	laky
vocative	laku	laky
locative	laku	lacích
instrumental	lakem	laky

Related terms

lakovat
lakýrník

Danish

Etymology

From German Lack.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lak/, [lɑɡ̊]

Noun

lak c or n (singular definite lakken or lakket, plural indefinite lakker, plural definite lakkerne)

lacquer

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɑk/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɑk

Etymology 1

First occurring in the late 16th century. Probably borrowed from French laque, ultimately from Persian ‎ (lāk), from Hindi लाख (lākh), from Sanskrit लाक्षा (lākṣā).

Noun

lak m or f or n (plural lakken, diminutive lakje n)

lacquer

Derived terms

autolak
lakken
nagellak

Descendants

→ Papiamentu: lak, láker (dated)

Noun

lak m or n (uncountable)

foolery, foolishness, nonsense
- 1859, "Wijsgeerig A. B. C.: H. Huisbaas", Humoristisch Album, H. Nijgh, page 59.
  […] Wie om reparatie malen / Heeft hij spoedig in zijn zak; / Zelf zal hij er niet naar talen -- / Wat hij toezegt is slechts lak; / Er is niets van hem te halen, / Zelfs al zat men zonder dak.
  (please add an English translation of this quote)
indifference (only in lak hebben aan)

Derived terms

lak hebben aan

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch lac, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *laka-, related to *lak(k)ōn- (“to blame, reproach”), from Proto-Indo-European *lok-néh₂-. See also Old Norse lakr (“lacking”).

Noun

lak m or n (plural lakken)

(dialectal) defect, deficiency, shortcoming, blame, blemish

Related terms

laken

Etymology 4

From Middle Dutch lac, from Old Dutch *laka, from Proto-West Germanic *laku.

Noun

lak n (plural lakken)

(archaic) lake
Synonym: meer

Anagrams

alk, kal

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *lakka (“cover, roof, shelter”), compare Finnish lakka and Estonian lakk.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈlɒk]
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: lak
Rhymes: -ɒk

Noun

lak (plural lakok)

(archaic) habitation, abode, residence
(poetic) dwelling
- 1843, Sándor Petőfi, Távolból (From a Distance), poem lines 1–2
  Kis lak áll a nagy Duna mentében;
  Oh mi drága e lakocska nékem!
  A small house stands along the big Danube;
  Oh how dear this tiny house is to me!
- 1872, Mór Jókai, Az arany ember (Timar’s Two Worlds), part 1, chapter 7, translated by Mrs. Hegan Kennard:
  Timár a rejtett tanya felé irányozta lépteit. A virágoskerten keresztül már látszott valami út, mely a lakhoz vezet, csakhogy azt is úgy belepte a fű, hogy a rajta járó lépése nem okozott dobajt; egész nesztelenül juthatott el a kis verandáig.
  Timar turned his steps toward the creeper-covered cottage. Through the flower-garden a path led to the house, but so covered with grass that his steps were not heard, and he could thus get as far as the little veranda quite noiselessly.

Declension

The possessive forms are now more common with j, those without it being archaic. See this reference site for the possessive declensions.

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	lak	lakok
accusative	lakot	lakokat
dative	laknak	lakoknak
instrumental	lakkal	lakokkal
causal-final	lakért	lakokért
translative	lakká	lakokká
terminative	lakig	lakokig
essive-formal	lakként	lakokként
essive-modal	lakul	—
inessive	lakban	lakokban
superessive	lakon	lakokon
adessive	laknál	lakoknál
illative	lakba	lakokba
sublative	lakra	lakokra
allative	lakhoz	lakokhoz
elative	lakból	lakokból
delative	lakról	lakokról
ablative	laktól	lakoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	laké	lakoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	lakéi	lakokéi

Possessive forms of lak
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	lakom	lakaim lakjaim
2nd person sing.	lakod	lakaid lakjaid
3rd person sing.	laka lakja	lakai lakjai
1st person plural	lakunk	lakaink lakjaink
2nd person plural	lakotok	lakaitok lakjaitok
3rd person plural	lakuk lakjuk	lakaik lakjaik

Derived terms

lakik → lakályos, lakás, lakatlan, lakhatás, lakhatatlan, lakható, lakó, lakos, lakosság, lakott, lakozik, lakta
lakocska

Compound words with this term at the beginning

lakberendezés, lakberendező
lakbér
lakcím
lakház (archaic)
lakhely
lakosztály
lakrész
lakszoba (archaic)
laktanya
laktárs (archaic)
lakváltoztatás (archaic)

Compound words with this term at the end

erdészlak
kéjlak
paplak
remetelak
úrlak (archaic)
vadászlak
várlak

Geographical proper nouns

Abaújlak
Acsalag (?< Acsa + lak)
Alsóújlak
Balatonszéplak
Balatonújlak
Csertalakos
Farkaslaka
Fertőszéplak
Geresdlak
Géderlak
Illocska (< Újlak + -csa)
Kacorlak
Kaposújlak
Kéttornyúlak
Lak
Lakhegy
Magyarlak
Mezőlak
Mikosszéplak
Nagylak
Ormándlak
Öreglak
Pusztaottlaka
Répcelak
Rinyaújlak
Stájerlakanina (< Stájerlak + Anina)
Szamosújlak
Szőlőskislak
Tátraszéplak
Vindornyalak
Zalaújlak
Zetelaka
Zsáka (< Izsólaka)
Zselickislak

References

Entry #451 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lak, borrowed from Middle Low German laken, from Old Saxon lakan, from Proto-Germanic *lakaną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /laːk/
Rhymes: -aːk

Noun

lak n (genitive singular laks, nominative plural lök)

sheet, bedsheet

Declension

declension of lak

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
n-s	singular		plural
nominative	lak	lakið	lök	lökin
accusative	lak	lakið	lök	lökin
dative	laki	lakinu	lökum	lökunum
genitive	laks	laksins	laka	lakanna

Verb

lak

first/third-person singular past indicative of leka
Vatnið lak úr vaskinum.
The water leaked from the sink.

Luo

Noun

lak (plural lake)

tooth

Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of lak – see 落 (“to fall; to drop; to go down; to descend; etc.”). (This character, lak, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 落.)

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lak/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ak
Syllabification: lak
Homophone: lag

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Lack, from Italian lacca, from Arabic لَكّ‎ (lakk).

Noun

lak m inan

sealing wax
dental sealant

Declension

Declension of lak

	singular	plural
nominative	lak	laki
genitive	laku	laków
dative	lakowi	lakom
accusative	lak	laki
instrumental	lakiem	lakami
locative	laku	lakach
vocative	laku	laki

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Lack, from Latin leucoium.

Noun

lak m inan

wallflower (any plant of the genus Erysimum)

Declension

Declension of lak

	singular	plural
nominative	lak	laki
genitive	laku	laków
dative	lakowi	lakom
accusative	lak	laki
instrumental	lakiem	lakami
locative	laku	lakach
vocative	laku	laki

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

lak f

genitive plural of laka

Derived terms

adjective

lakowy

Rohingya

Etymology

From Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa).

Numeral

lak

hundred thousand

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *lьgъkъ, from pre-Slavic *h₁ln̥gʷʰ-u-ko, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lâk/

Adjective

lȁk (definite lȁkī, comparative lȁkšī, Cyrillic spelling ла̏к)

easy
light

Declension

positive indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		lak	laka	lako
genitive		laka	lake	laka
dative		laku	lakoj	laku
accusative	inanimate animate	lak laka	laku	lako
vocative		lak	laka	lako
locative		laku	lakoj	laku
instrumental		lakim	lakom	lakim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		laki	lake	laka
genitive		lakih	lakih	lakih
dative		lakim(a)	lakim(a)	lakim(a)
accusative		lake	lake	laka
vocative		laki	lake	laka
locative		lakim(a)	lakim(a)	lakim(a)
instrumental		lakim(a)	lakim(a)	lakim(a)

positive definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		laki	laka	lako
genitive		lakog(a)	lake	lakog(a)
dative		lakom(u/e)	lakoj	lakom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	laki lakog(a)	laku	lako
vocative		laki	laka	lako
locative		lakom(e/u)	lakoj	lakom(e/u)
instrumental		lakim	lakom	lakim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		laki	lake	laka
genitive		lakih	lakih	lakih
dative		lakim(a)	lakim(a)	lakim(a)
accusative		lake	lake	laka
vocative		laki	lake	laka
locative		lakim(a)	lakim(a)	lakim(a)
instrumental		lakim(a)	lakim(a)	lakim(a)

comparative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		lakši	lakša	lakše
genitive		lakšeg(a)	lakše	lakšeg(a)
dative		lakšem(u)	lakšoj	lakšem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	lakši lakšeg(a)	lakšu	lakše
vocative		lakši	lakša	lakše
locative		lakšem(u)	lakšoj	lakšem(u)
instrumental		lakšim	lakšom	lakšim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		lakši	lakše	lakša
genitive		lakših	lakših	lakših
dative		lakšim(a)	lakšim(a)	lakšim(a)
accusative		lakše	lakše	lakša
vocative		lakši	lakše	lakša
locative		lakšim(a)	lakšim(a)	lakšim(a)
instrumental		lakšim(a)	lakšim(a)	lakšim(a)

superlative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najlakši	najlakša	najlakše
genitive		najlakšeg(a)	najlakše	najlakšeg(a)
dative		najlakšem(u)	najlakšoj	najlakšem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	najlakši najlakšeg(a)	najlakšu	najlakše
vocative		najlakši	najlakša	najlakše
locative		najlakšem(u)	najlakšoj	najlakšem(u)
instrumental		najlakšim	najlakšom	najlakšim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najlakši	najlakše	najlakša
genitive		najlakših	najlakših	najlakših
dative		najlakšim(a)	najlakšim(a)	najlakšim(a)
accusative		najlakše	najlakše	najlakša
vocative		najlakši	najlakše	najlakša
locative		najlakšim(a)	najlakšim(a)	najlakšim(a)
instrumental		najlakšim(a)	najlakšim(a)	najlakšim(a)

Related terms

lȁgan

Etymology 2

From German Lack, from Italian lacca.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lâk/

Noun

lȁk m (Cyrillic spelling ла̏к)

lacquer

Declension

Declension of lak

	singular	plural
nominative	lak	lakovi
genitive	laka	lakova
dative	laku	lakovima
accusative	lak	lakove
vocative	laku	lakovi
locative	laku	lakovima
instrumental	lakom	lakovima

Derived terms

(nail polish): lak za nokte

Volapük

Noun

lak (nominative plural laks)

lake

Declension

declension of lak

	singular	plural
nominative	lak	laks
genitive	laka	lakas
dative	lake	lakes
accusative	laki	lakis
vocative ¹	o lak!	o laks!
predicative ²	laku	lakus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Walloon

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lacus, from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”).

Noun

lak m (plural laks)

lake
Synonym: laetche

[1] Orel, Vladimir (1998), “lak”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 211

[2] Entry #451 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.

lak

English

Adverb

Conjunction

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

Noun

Related terms

Related terms

References

Czech

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

Danish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

Related terms

Etymology 4

Noun

Anagrams

Hungarian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

Icelandic

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Verb

Luo

Noun

Min Nan

Polish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

Etymology 3

Noun

Derived terms

Further reading

Rohingya

Etymology

Numeral

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Adjective

Declension

Related terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Volapük