ek

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See also ek-, -ek, ék, -ék, Ek, EK, and ÉK

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Afrikaans [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Dutch ik, compare Old Saxon ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂om (“I”).

Pronoun [edit]

ek (objective and possessive my)

  1. I (first-person singular subject pronoun)

See also [edit]

Afrikaans personal pronouns
subjective objective possessive
singular 1st ek my
2nd jy jou
2nd, formal u
3rd, masc hy hom sy
3rd, fem sy haar
3rd, neut dit sy
plural 1st ons
2nd julle julle / jul1
3rd hulle hulle / hul1
1. In the second and third persons plural, the usual possessive forms are julle and hulle (like the subjective and objective forms), but jul and hul are sometimes used instead when the sentence would otherwise be ambiguous.

Fiji Hindi [edit]

Cardinal numeral [edit]

ek

  1. (cardinal) one

References [edit]

  • Fiji Hindi Dictionary
  • 1977, Jeff Siegel, Say it in Fiji Hindi, Australia: Pacific Publications, ISBN: 085807026X, page p.28:

Icelandic [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

  • ég (modern)
  • eg (archaic, poetic)

Etymology [edit]

From Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronoun [edit]

ek

  1. (archaic) I
    Ek spurða þá, hvar ek skyldi sitja.
    I asked then, where I should sit.

Declension [edit]

  Icelandic personal pronouns
Icelandic personal pronouns
singular first person second person third person masculine third person feminine third person neuter
nominative ég, eg†, ek† þú hann hún, hon†, hón† það, þat†
accusative mig, mik† þig, þik† hann hana það, þat†
dative mér þér honum, hánum† henni því
genitive mín þín hans hennar þess
plural first person second person third person masculine third person feminine third person neuter
nominative við þið, þit† þeir þær þau
accusative okkur ykkur þá þær þau
dative okkur ykkur þeim þeim þeim
genitive okkar ykkar þeirra þeirra þeirra

Ido [edit]

Preposition [edit]

ek

  1. out of

Marshallese [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • MED Phonemes: {yẹk}
  • IPA Phonemes: /jɘk/
  • IPA Articulation: [e̯e͡ɤk]

Noun [edit]

ek

  1. fish.

References [edit]

Middle English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old English eac, ec = Old Frisian ak, Old Norse auk

Conjunction [edit]

ek

  1. also. (also spelled eac)

Related terms [edit]

North Frisian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Norse ekki. Cognate with Danish ikke, Faroese ikki, Norwegian (Nynorsk) ikkje.

Adverb [edit]

ek

  1. not (Sylt dialect)
    "Di rocht Saaken ken di Oogen ek se", sair di Litji Prins, fuar höm dit tö morki. -- "The important things can't be seen with the eyes," said the Little Prince, so he would remember this.

Old Norse [edit]

the Lindholm amulet, a 2nd to 4th century piece of bone with a proto-Norse inscription containing two instances of the pronoun
the inscription on the shaft of the Kragehul I spear

Alternative forms [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek (whence also Old English iċ, Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old Dutch ik, Old High German ih, Gothic 𐌹𐌺 (ik)), from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Among the earliest attestations of the pronoun, as ᛖᚳ ek, is the proto-Norse inscription on the 2nd-4th century Lindholm amulet, which also contains a postpositive, perhaps clitic, form of the word, in ᚺᚨᛏᛖᚳᚨ hateka, “I am called” — compare Old Norse heiti ek (“I hight, I am called”) (Old Gutnish hait-) and the form of terms such as kank, kannk (“I can”) (kann + ek).

Pronoun [edit]

ek

  1. I (first-person singular pronoun)
    • 150–350, inscription on the Lindholm amulet:
      ᛖᚳᛖᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉᛋᚨᚹᛁᛚᚨᚷᚨᛉᚺᚨᛏᛖᚳᚨ
      ek erilaz sa[w]ilagaz hateka
      I [am an] earl, Sawilagaz hight I
    • 200–475, inscription on the Kragehul I spear-shaft:
      ᛖᚳᛖ⁀ᚱᛁᛚᚨ⁀ᛉ...
      ek e⁀rila⁀z asugisalas m⁀uh⁀a h⁀aite […]
      I, earl of Asugisalaz, hight Muha, […]
    • circa 1000, Vǫluspá, verse 1, line 1:
      Hliods bið ec allar... (Codex Regius, circa 1270)
      Hlioðs bið ek allar... (Hauksbók, circa 1306)
      Hljóðs bið ek allar... (normalised orthography)
      For silence I ask all...
    • 1220-1240, Egils saga, chapter 3, line 16:
      "Þótt þetta vandræði hafi nú borit oss at hendi, þá mun eigi langt til, at sama vandræði mun til yðvar koma, því at Haraldr, ætla ek, at skjótt mun hér koma, þá er hann hefir alla menn þrælkat ok áþját, sem hann vill, á Norðmæri ok í Raumsdal." (Norse)
      translation by William Charles Green:
      Though this danger now touches us, before long the same will come to you; for Harold, as I ween, will hasten hither when he has enthralled and oppressed after his will all in North Mæra and Raumsdale.
      translation by Hallvard Lie:
      Though this trouble have now lighted on our hand, 'twill not be long ere the same trouble shall come upon you; for Harald, I ween, will shortly hither come, soon as he hath all men thralled and enslaved, according to this will, in Northmere and Raumsdale.

Declension [edit]

Old Norse personal pronouns
first person second person reflexive third person
singular dual plural singular dual plural all numbers singular masculine singular feminine
nominative ek vit vér þú it, þit ér, þér hann hon, hón
accusative mik okr, okkr oss þik ykr, ykkr yðr sik hann hana, hána
dative mér okr, okkr oss þér ykr, ykkr yðr sér hánum, honum, hónum henni
genitive mín okkar vár þín ykkar yðar, yðvar sín hans hennar


Descendants [edit]

Old Saxon [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Germanic *aiks, whence also Old Frisian ēk, Old English āc, Old High German eih, Old Norse eik. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *eiǵ-.

Noun [edit]

ēk f

  1. oak

Descendants [edit]

  • Low German: Eek

Rohingya [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Bengali

Cardinal numeral [edit]

ek

  1. (cardinal) one

Swedish [edit]

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia sv

Etymology [edit]

From Old Norse eik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *eiǵ-.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

ek c

  1. oak

Declension [edit]

Declension of ek
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ek eken ekar ekarna
genitive eks ekens ekars ekarnas

Tocharian B [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Tocharian *ëk, from Late Proto-Indo-European *okʷs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Compare Tocharian A ak.

Noun [edit]

ek

  1. eye
    eśane klausane ṣeycer-me kartstse yolo lkātsi klyaussisa
    "you had eyes and ears to see and hear good and evil"

Turkish [edit]

Noun [edit]

ek (definite accusative eki, plural ekler)

  1. annex

Hyponyms [edit]

Declension [edit]

declension of ek
singular (tekil) plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın) ek ekler
definite accusative (belirtme) eki ekleri
dative (yönelme) eke eklere
locative (bulunma) ekte eklerde
ablative (çıkma) ekten eklerden
genitive (tamlayan) ekin eklerin
possessive forms of ek
nominative singular plural
benim (my) ekim eklerim
senin (your) ekin eklerin
onun (his/her/its) eki ekleri
bizim (our) ekimiz eklerimiz
sizin (your) ekiniz ekleriniz
onların (their) ekleri ekleri
accusative singular plural
benim (my) ekimi eklerimi
senin (your) ekini eklerini
onun (his/her/its) ekini eklerini
bizim (our) ekimizi eklerimizi
sizin (your) ekinizi eklerinizi
onların (their) eklerini eklerini
dative singular plural
benim (my) ekime eklerime
senin (your) ekine eklerine
onun (his/her/its) ekine eklerine
bizim (our) ekimize eklerimize
sizin (your) ekinize eklerinize
onların (their) eklerine eklerine
locative singular plural
benim (my) ekimde eklerimde
senin (your) ekinde eklerinde
onun (his/her/its) ekinde eklerinde
bizim (our) ekimizde eklerimizde
sizin (your) ekinizde eklerinizde
onların (their) eklerinde eklerinde
ablative singular plural
benim (my) ekimden eklerimden
senin (your) ekinden eklerinden
onun (his/her/its) ekinden eklerinden
bizim (our) ekimizden eklerimizden
sizin (your) ekinizden eklerinizden
onların (their) eklerinden eklerinden
genitive singular plural
benim (my) ekimin eklerimin
senin (your) ekinin eklerinin
onun (his/her/its) ekinin eklerinin
bizim (our) ekimizin eklerimizin
sizin (your) ekinizin eklerinizin
onların (their) eklerinin eklerinin
predicative forms of ek
simple present singular plural
ben (I am) ekim eklerim*
sen (you are) eksin eklersin*
o (he/she/it is) ek / ektir ekler* / eklerdir*
biz (we are) ekiz ekleriz
siz (you are) eksiniz eklersiniz
onlar (they are) ekler eklerdir
simple past singular plural
ben (I was) ektim eklerdim*
sen (you were) ektin eklerdin*
o (he/she/it was) ekti eklerdi*
biz (we were) ektik eklerdik
siz (you were) ektiniz eklerdiniz
onlar (they were) ektiler eklerdi
indirect / unwitnessed past singular plural
ben (I was) ekmişim eklermişim*
sen (you were) ekmişsin eklermişsin*
o (he/she/it was) ekmiş eklermiş*
biz (we were) ekmişiz eklermişiz
siz (you were) ekmişsiniz eklermişsiniz
onlar (they were) ekmişler eklermiş
*Not used, but perhaps rarely - chiefly grammatical formations.

Note: Plural forms are not used with adjectives.

Verb [edit]

ek

  1. Second-person imperative of ekmek.

Volapük [edit]

Pronoun [edit]

ek

  1. someone; anyone

Declension [edit]

    declension of ek
singular plural
nominative ek eks
genitive eka ekas
dative eke ekes
accusative eki ekis

West Frisian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Frisian āk, from Proto-Germanic *auk. Compare Middle English eek (archaic English eke), Dutch ook, German auch.

Adverb [edit]

ek

  1. also, too
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