svak

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German swak, from Old Saxon *swak, from Proto-West Germanic *swak. Compare with German schwach

Adjective

svak (neuter singular svakt, definite singular and plural svake, comparative svakere, indefinite superlative svakest, definite superlative svakeste)

1. weak
2. faint

   en svak lyd ― a faint sound

Derived terms

• en kjede er aldri sterkere enn sitt svakeste ledd
• svakhet

Related terms

• svekke

References

• “svak” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German swak, from Old Saxon *swak, from Proto-West Germanic *swak. Compare with German schwach

Adjective

svak (neuter singular svakt, definite singular and plural svake, comparative svakare, indefinite superlative svakast, definite superlative svakaste)

1. weak
2. faint

Derived terms

• svakheit

Related terms

• svekke

References

• “svak” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From earlier *svojakъ; compare svȏj.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʋâːk/

Noun

svȃk m (Cyrillic spelling сва̑к)

1. brother-in-law (one's sister's husband)
2. father-in-law (one's husband's father; svèkar)

Declension

Declension of svak

	singular	plural
nominative	svȃk	svákovi
genitive	svaka	svakova
dative	svaku	svakovima
accusative	svaka	svakove
vocative	svače	svakovi
locative	svaku	svakovima
instrumental	svakom	svakovima

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʋâk/

Pronoun

svȁk (Cyrillic spelling сва̏к)

1. everyone (alternative form of svȁtko/svȁko)

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʋàːk/

Noun

svák m anim (female equivalent svákinja)

1. brother-in-law

Inflection

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	svák
gen. sing.	sváka
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	svák	sváka	sváki
accusative	sváka	sváka	sváke
genitive	sváka	svákov	svákov
dative	sváku	svákoma	svákom
locative	sváku	svákih	svákih
instrumental	svákom	svákoma	sváki

Further reading

• “svak”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran