vek

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See also: věk

Czech

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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vek f

  1. genitive plural of veka

Finnish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʋek/, [ˈʋe̞k]
  • Rhymes: -ek
  • Syllabification(key): vek

Adverb

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vek (not comparable) (colloquial)

  1. Alternative form of veke.

Further reading

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse veikr via Danish veg.

Adjective

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vek (masculine and feminine vek, neuter vekt, definite singular and plural veke, comparative vekere, indefinite superlative vekest, definite superlative vekeste)

  1. alternative form of veik

Etymology 2

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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vek

  1. simple past of vike

References

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Old Norse

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Verb

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vek

  1. inflection of vekja:
    1. first-person singular present active indicative
    2. second-person singular present active imperative

Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věkъ.

Noun

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vȇk m (Cyrillic spelling ве̑к)

  1. century (100 years)
  2. a long period of time, especially historical; an era
  3. lifetime

Declension

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Derived terms

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Swedish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈveːk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eːk

Etymology 1

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From Old Swedish vēker, from Old Norse veikr, from Proto-Germanic *waikwaz. Cognate with Norwegian veik, German weich and English weak.

Adjective

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vek (comparative vekare, superlative vekast)

  1. weak
Declension
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Inflection of vek
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular vek vekare vekast
Neuter singular vekt vekare vekast
Plural veka vekare vekast
Masculine plural3 veke vekare vekast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 veke vekare vekaste
All veka vekare vekaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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vek

  1. past indicative of vika

Talysh

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥tkás.

Noun

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vek

  1. kidney

Tocharian B

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Etymology

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Cf. wek. Compare Tocharian A vak and Sanskrit वाक् (vāk) from वाच् (vāc).

Noun

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vek ?

  1. voice