elak

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.lak/
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [e̞.läʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ

Verb

elak (Jawi spelling ايلق‎)

1. to avoid

   Synonyms: hindar, sisi

Further reading

• “elak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish elaker, from e- (“always”) + *laker (from Old Norse lakr, cognate with English lack).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːˌlɑːk/, /ˈeːˌlak/

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Adjective

elak

1. mean, cruel, malicious

Inflection

Inflection of elak
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	elak	elakare	elakast
Neuter singular	elakt	elakare	elakast
Plural	elaka	elakare	elakast
Masculine plural3	elake	elakare	elakast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	elake	elakare	elakaste
All	elaka	elakare	elakaste
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

Derived terms

• elakartad
• elakhet

References

• elak in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• elak in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• elak in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• elak in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• kela, lake, leka