vaska

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See also: väska and vaskā

Esperanto

Adjective

vaska (accusative singular vaskan, plural vaskaj, accusative plural vaskajn)

  1. Basque (of or pertaining to the Basque people)

Synonyms


Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse vaska, from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wod- (water; wet).

Verb

vaska (third person singular past indicative vaskaði, third person plural past indicative vaskaðu, supine vaskað)

  1. to wash

Conjugation

Conjugation of vaska (group v-30)
infinitive vaska
supine vaskað
participle (a6)1 vaskandi vaskaður
present past
first singular vaski vaskaði
second singular vaskar vaskaði
third singular vaskar vaskaði
plural vaska vaskaðu
imperative
singular vaska!
plural vaskið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Verb

vaska

  1. to wash

Conjugation

Derived terms

Noun

vaska

  1. inflection of vaskur:
    1. indefinite accusative plural
    2. indefinite genitive plural

Latvian

Noun

vaska m

  1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular form of vasks

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

vaska

  1. simple past of vaske
  2. past participle of vaske

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse vaska.

Verb

vaska (present tense vaskar, past tense vaska, past participle vaska, passive infinitive vaskast, present participle vaskande, imperative vaska/vask)

  1. alternative form of vaske

References


Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *waskaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wod- (water; wet). Compare Old English wascan, Old Frisian waska, Old Saxon waskan, Old High German wascan, waskan.

Verb

vaska (singular past indicative vaskaði, plural past indicative vǫskuðu, past participle vaskaðr)

  1. to wash

Descendants

  • Danish: vaske
  • Faroese: vaska
  • Icelandic: vaska
  • Norwegian: vaske (Bokmål), vaska, vaske (Nynorsk)
  • Swedish: vaska

References

  • vaska”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse vaska, from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wod- (water; wet).

Verb

vaska (present vaskar, preterite vaskade, supine vaskat, imperative vaska)

  1. to wash
  2. to separate gold from dirt and sand with a pan
    Har du någonsin vaskat guld?
    Have you ever washed gold?
  3. (informal) to get at valuable items or thoughts from an abundance of less interesting material
    Har du lyckats vaska fram något om den misstänkte?
    Have you been able to find something about the suspect (from all information available)?

Usage notes

From slang for the practice of ordering more of an item than necessary and then throwing out the unneeded items in a show of excess. For example, to order two glasses of wine, consume one, throw out the other to show to others you have an excess of wealth to waste, and exclaim "Vaska".

Conjugation

Synonyms

(to wash)

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