svak

See also: svák

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech svak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsvak]
• Hyphenation: svak

Noun

svak m anim

1. (archaic) brother-in-law

   Synonym: švagr

Declension

Declension of svak (velar masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	svak	svakové, svaci
genitive	svaka	svaků
dative	svakovi, svaku	svakům
accusative	svaka	svaky
vocative	svaku	svakové, svaci
locative	svakovi, svaku	svacích
instrumental	svakem	svaky

Related terms

• svaka f
• svakyně f

Further reading

• “svak”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “svak”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

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.

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.

Old Czech

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Slavic *svojakъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈsʋak/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈsvak/

Noun

svak m pers

1. brother-in-law

Declension

Declension of svak (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	svak	svaky	svaci, svakové
genitive	svaka	svakú	svakóv
dative	svaku, svakovi	svakoma	svakóm
accusative	svaka	svaky	svaky
vocative	svače	svaky	svaci, svakové
locative	svaku, svakovi	svakú	svaciech
instrumental	svakem	svakoma	svaky

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Descendants

• Czech: svak

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “svak”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From earlier *svojakъ; compare svȏj.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʋâːk/

Noun

svȃk m anim (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)

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʋàːk/

Noun

svák m anim (female equivalent svákinja)

1. brother-in-law

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.	svák
gen. sing.	sváka
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	svák	sváka	sváki
genitive (rodȋlnik)	sváka	svákov	svákov
dative (dajȃlnik)	sváku	svákoma	svákom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	sváka	sváka	sváke
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	sváku	svákih	svákih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	svákom	svákoma	sváki

Further reading

• “svak”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025