Bask

See also: bask and bäsk

Cornish

Etymology 1

From English Basque, from French basque, from Latin Vascō.

Noun

Bask m (plural Baskyon)

1. Basque person

Derived terms

• Baskek (“Basque language”)
• baskek (“Basque”, adjective)
• Baskes f (“Basque”)
• Pow Bask (“Basque Country”)

Mutation

Mutation of Bask

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
Bask	Vask	unchanged	Pask	Fask, Vask*

* after 'th
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

Bask

1. soft mutation of Pask (“Easter”)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French basque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑsk/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Bask

Noun

Bask m (plural Basken, no diminutive, feminine Baskische)

1. Basque (native or inhabitant of the Basque Country, Spain) (usually male)

Derived terms

• Baskenland
• Baskisch

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French Basque, from Gascon Occitan Basc, from Latin Vascō, Vascōnēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbask/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ask
• Syllabification: Bask

Noun

Bask m pers (female equivalent Baskijka)

1. Basque (native or inhabitant of the Basque Country, Spain) (usually male)

Declension

Declension of Bask

	singular	plural
nominative	Bask	Baskowie
genitive	Baska	Basków
dative	Baskowi	Baskom
accusative	Baska	Basków
instrumental	Baskiem	Baskami
locative	Basku	Baskach
vocative	Basku	Baskowie

Derived terms

adjective

• baskijski

noun

• baskijka

Related terms

nouns

• Baskonia
• Kraj Basków

Further reading

• Bask in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Bȁskija.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bâsk/

Noun

Bȁsk m anim (Cyrillic spelling Ба̏ск, female equivalent Baskijka)

1. Basque (native or inhabitant of the Basque Country, Spain) (usually male)

Declension

Declension of Bask

	singular	plural
nominative	Bask	Baski
genitive	Baska	Baska
dative	Basku	Baskima
accusative	Baska	Baske
vocative	Basku	Baski
locative	Basku	Baskima
instrumental	Baskom	Baskima

Further reading

• “Bask”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /báːsk/

Noun

Bȃsk m anim (female equivalent Bȃskinja)

1. Basque (native or inhabitant of the Basque Country, Spain) (usually male)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	Básk
gen. sing.	Báska
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Básk	Báska	Báski
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Báska	Báskov	Báskov
dative (dajȃlnik)	Básku	Báskoma	Báskom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Báska	Báska	Báske
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Básku	Báskih	Báskih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Báskom	Báskoma	Báski

Related terms

• Bȃskija
• bȃskovski
• bȃskovščina

Further reading

• “Bask”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

West Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Bask.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bask/

Noun

Bask c (plural Basken)

1. Basque (native or inhabitant of the Basque Country, Spain)