vak

See also: väk, and våk

Afrikaans

Etymology

Inherited from Dutch vak.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

vak (plural vakke)

1. subject

Albanian

Etymology

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

Verb

vak

1. to warm

Derived terms

• vakësirë

Related terms

• vakët

References

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

Breton

Etymology

From Latin vacuus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

vak

1. vacant

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

vak

Wikipedia ^cs

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]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

vak m inan

1. bag

   Synonym: torba

2. pouch (cheek pocket in which some animals carry food)

   Synonym: torba

3. 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

Declension of vak (velar masculine inanimate)

Derived terms

• vačnatec m
• vakovlk m

 

References

1. Jiří Rejzek (2007) “váček”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

Further reading

• “vak”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “vak”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

vak

Wikipedia ^nl

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)

1. a compartment (e.g. a shelf, a section)
2. a subject, discipline, class, notably in education
3. a profession
4. a trade, craft

Derived terms

• kunstvak
• vakbekwaam
• vakblad
• vakbond
• vakdidactiek
• vakgebied
• vakkennis
• vakman
• vakmens
• vakvrouw
• 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)

1. 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

 

Compound words

• színvak
• vakablak
• vakbél
• vakmerő
• vakriasztás
• vakszöveg

 

Expressions

• vak tyúk is talál szemet
• vak vezet világtalant

 

References

1. 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”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). 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

1. subject (in school)

   Synonyms: mata kuliah, mata pelajaran

2. profession
3. trade, craft

   Synonym: kejuruan

Further reading

• “vak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Norman

Norman Wikipedia has an article on:

vaque

Wikipedia ^nrm

Alternative forms

• vacque (Guernsey)
• vaque (continental Normandy, Jersey)

Noun

vak f (plural vaks)

1. (Sark) cow

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From the verb vaka.

Noun

vak n (definite singular vaket, indefinite plural vak, definite plural vaka)

1. (fishing) fish skipping, jumping (or similar) at the surface of the water
2. ring(s) in the surface of the water after fish having jumped, skipped or similar

   vak i vak bortover vatnet

3. (fishing) a net
4. (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)

1. awake, lively
2. watchful

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vak

1. imperative of vaka

References

• “vak” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

isvak

Wikipedia ^sv

Etymology

From Old Norse vǫk.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

vak c

1. a (natural or cut) opening in an ice cover, a hole in the ice

   Synonym: isvak

   hugga upp en vak

   cut a hole in the ice

   1. a polynya

Declension

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vak	vaks
	definite	vaken	vakens
plural	indefinite	vakar	vakars
	definite	vakarna	vakarnas

Declension of vak

See also

• råk

Noun

vak (definite (rarely) vaket)

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

Derived terms

• nattvak

References

• vak in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vak in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vak in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tocharian A

Etymology

Cf. wak. Compare Tocharian B vek.

Noun

vak

1. voice

Turkish

Noun

vak (definite accusative vakı, plural vaklar)

1. quacking sound