vasks
Danish
Noun
vasks c
- indefinite genitive singular of vask
Icelandic
Noun
vasks
- indefinite genitive singular of vaskur
Latvian
Bišu vasks
Augu vasks
Vaska svece
Etymology
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).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vasks]
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Noun
vasks m (1st declension)
- 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
Declension
Declension of vasks (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | vasks | vaski |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | vasku | vaskus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | vaska | vasku |
| dative (datīvs) | vaskam | vaskiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | vasku | vaskiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | vaskā | vaskos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | vask | vaski |
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “vasks”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN