vlek

Czech

Etymology

Deverbal from vléct.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvlɛk]

Noun

vlek m inan

1. Alternative form of vlečení
2. trailer (unpowered vehicle)

   Synonym: přívěs

3. ski tow

Declension

Declension of vlek (velar masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	vlek	vleky
genitive	vleku	vleků
dative	vleku	vlekům
accusative	vlek	vleky
vocative	vleku	vleky
locative	vleku	vlecích
instrumental	vlekem	vleky

Further reading

• vlek in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• vlek in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vleck, vlecke (also vlacke), from Old Dutch flec (attested as a byname) and *flekko, from Proto-Germanic *flekka- (“spot, mark, blemish”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂g-, *pleh₂k- (“to beat, strike”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vlɛk/

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• Hyphenation: vlek
• Rhymes: -ɛk

Noun

vlek f or m (plural vlekken, diminutive vlekje n)

1. spot, stain, speck

   Synonym: smet

Derived terms

• archipelvlek
• bevlekken
• blinde vlek
• moedervlek
• olievlek
• zonnevlek

Descendants

• → Sranan Tongo: flaka, fraka
  • → Caribbean Javanese: flakah, flèg

Noun

vlek n (plural vlekken, diminutive vlekje n)

1. (obsolete) area, region
2. hamlet
3. (obsolete) town, large village

   Synonym: dorp

Derived terms

• bevlekken

References

• Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “vlek”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001