swak
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch zwak, from Middle Dutch swac, from Old Dutch *swak, from Proto-Germanic *swakaz.
Adjective
swak (attributive swakke, comparative swakker, superlative swakste)
Derived terms
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *svojakъ; cognate with Russian своя́к (svoják) and Serbo-Croatian svȃk.
Pronunciation
Noun
swak m ? (feminine swakowka, diminutive swack)
Declension
Declension of swak
Synonyms
- šwogor m (colloquial)
Polish
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *svojakъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
swak m pers
- (obsolete) sister's husband
- (obsolete) father of a son-in-law or daughter-in-law
Declension
Declension of swak
Synonyms
Further reading
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian *swak, from Proto-Germanic *swakaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swe(n)g
Pronunciation
Adjective
swak
Inflection
Inflection of swak | ||||
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uninflected | swak | |||
inflected | swakke | |||
comparative | swakker | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | swak | swakker | it swakst it swakste | |
indefinite | c. sing. | swakke | swakkere | swakste |
n. sing. | swak | swakker | swakste | |
plural | swakke | swakkere | swakste | |
definite | swakke | swakkere | swakste | |
partitive | swaks | swakkers | — |
Further reading
- “swak (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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