vak
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch vak.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
vak (plural vakke)
- subject
Albanian
Etymology
Of uncertain origin.[1] Compare Old Norse vókr (“wet”).
Verb
vak
- I warm
Derived terms
- vakësirë
Related terms
- vakët
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “vak”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 493
Breton
Etymology
From Latin vacuus.
Adjective
vak
- vacant
Czech
Etymology
Back-formation from váček, reinterpreted as a diminutive with the suffix -ek, while it actually originated in Middle High German wātsac.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvak]
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Noun
vak m inan
- bag
- Synonym: torba
- pouch (cheek pocket in which some animals carry food)
- Synonym: torba
- pouch (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vak | vaky |
| genitive | vaku | vaků |
| dative | vaku | vakům |
| accusative | vak | vaky |
| vocative | vaku | vaky |
| locative | vaku | vacích |
| instrumental | vakem | vaky |
Derived terms
- vačnatec m
- vakovlk m
References
- "váček" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
Further reading
- vak in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- vak in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch vac, from Old Dutch *fak, from Proto-West Germanic *fak, from Proto-Germanic *faką. In some of the contemporary senses probably influenced by cognate German Fach.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɑk/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɑk
Noun
vak n (plural vakken, diminutive vakje n)
- A compartment (e.g. a shelf, a section).
- A subject, discipline, class, notably in education.
- A profession.
- A trade, craft.
Derived terms
- kunstvak
- vakbekwaam
- vakbond
- vakgebied
- vakkennis
- vakman
- zoekvak
Descendants
- Afrikaans: vak
- → Indonesian: vak
Hungarian
Etymology
Of unknown origin.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvɒk]
- Hyphenation: vak
- Rhymes: -ɒk
Adjective
vak (comparative vakabb, superlative legvakabb)
- blind
- Synonym: világtalan
- Antonym: látó
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | vak | vakok |
| accusative | vakot | vakokat |
| dative | vaknak | vakoknak |
| instrumental | vakkal | vakokkal |
| causal-final | vakért | vakokért |
| translative | vakká | vakokká |
| terminative | vakig | vakokig |
| essive-formal | vakként | vakokként |
| essive-modal | vakul | — |
| inessive | vakban | vakokban |
| superessive | vakon | vakokon |
| adessive | vaknál | vakoknál |
| illative | vakba | vakokba |
| sublative | vakra | vakokra |
| allative | vakhoz | vakokhoz |
| elative | vakból | vakokból |
| delative | vakról | vakokról |
| ablative | vaktól | vakoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | vaké | vakoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | vakéi | vakokéi |
Derived terms
- vakít
- vakon
- vakond
- vakság
- vaksi
- vaktában
- vakul
- színvak
- vakablak
- vakbél
- vakmerő
- vakriasztás
- vakszöveg
- vak vezet világtalant
References
- vak in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- vak in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch vak, from Middle Dutch vac.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvaʔ]
- Hyphenation: vak
Noun
vak
- subject (in school)
- Synonyms: mata kuliah, mata pelajaran
- profession
- trade, craft
- Synonym: kejuruan
Further reading
- “vak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Norman
Alternative forms
- vacque (Guernsey)
- vaque (continental Normandy, Jersey)
Noun
vak f (plural vaks)
- (Sark) cow
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From the verb vaka.
Noun
vak n (definite singular vaket, indefinite plural vak, definite plural vaka)
- (fishing) fish skipping, jumping (or similar) at the surface of the water
- ring(s) in the surface of the water after fish having jumped, skipped or similar
- vak i vak bortover vatnet
- (fishing) a net
- (fishing) shoal of fish close to the surface
Etymology 2
From Old Norse vakr, from Proto-Germanic *wakraz.
Adjective
vak (neuter vakt, definite singular and plural vake, comparative vakare, indefinite superlative vakast, definite superlative vakaste)
- awake, lively
- watchful
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
vak
- imperative of vaka
References
- “vak” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse vǫk.
Pronunciation
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Noun
vak c
- a hole in a sheet of ice, a polynya
- Synonym: isvak
Declension
| Declension of vak | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | vak | vaken | vakar | vakarna |
| Genitive | vaks | vakens | vakars | vakarnas |
Noun
vak (definite (rarely) vaket)
- vigil, watching (especially over someone sick or dying)
Derived terms
- nattvak
Tocharian A
Etymology
Cf. wak. Compare Tocharian B vek.
Noun
vak
- voice
Turkish
Noun
vak (definite accusative vakı, plural vaklar)
- quacking sound
Westrobothnian
Etymology 1
From Old Norse vakr, from Proto-Germanic *wakraz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋɑːk/, /ʋæːk/
Adjective
vak
- Waker; well rested.
Etymology 2
From Old Norse vǫk, from Proto-Germanic *wakwō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋɑːk/, /ʋäːk/, /ʋæːk/
Noun
vak f (definite singular vaka, definite plural våkan)
- Polynya.
See also
- brönn