vak

See also: väk and våk

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch vak.

Noun

vak (plural vakke)

  1. subject

Albanian

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. [1]. Compare Old Norse vókr (“wet”).

Verb

vak

  1. to warm

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “vak”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 493

Breton

Etymology

From Latin vacuus.

Adjective

vak

  1. vacant

Czech

Etymology

Derived from váček, which was mistakenly understood as a diminutive with the suffix -ek, while it actually originated in Middle High German wātsac.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vak/

Noun

vak m

  1. bag
  2. pouch (cheek pocket in which some animals carry food)
  3. pouch (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young)

Declension

Synonyms

  • (bag, cheek pocket): torba

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ váček in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɑk/
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  • Rhymes: -ɑk

Noun

vak n (plural vakken, diminutive vakje n)

  1. compartment (e.g. a shelf, a section)
  2. subject (in school)
  3. profession
  4. trade, craft

Derived terms

Hungarian

Etymology

Unknown origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɒk]
  • Hyphenation: vak

Adjective

vak (comparative vakabb, superlative legvakabb)

  1. blind

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

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Norman

Alternative forms

Noun

vak f (plural vaks)

  1. (Sark) cow

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

vak c

  1. polynya, a hole in a sheet of ice

Declension

Declension of vak 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vak vaken vakar vakarna
Genitive vaks vakens vakars vakarnas

Noun

vak (plural (rarely) vaket)

  1. vigil, watching (especially over someone sick or dying)

Derived terms

  • nattvak

Tocharian A

Etymology

Cf. wak. Compare Tocharian B vek.

Noun

vak

  1. voice

Turkish

Noun

vak (definite accusative vakı, plural vaklar)

  1. quacking sound

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse vakr, from Proto-Germanic *wakraz.

Adjective

vak

  1. waker
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