vak

See also: väk and våk

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch vak.

Pronunciation

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Noun

vak (plural vakke)

1. subject

Albanian

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Compare Old Norse vókr (“wet”).

Verb

vak

1. I warm

Derived terms

• vakësirë

Related terms

• vakët

Breton

Etymology

From Latin vacuus.

Adjective

vak

1. vacant

Czech

Etymology

Back-formation from váček, reinterpreted as a diminutive with the suffix -ek, while it actually originated in Middle High German wātsac.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvak]

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Noun

vak m inan

1. bag

   Synonym: torba

2. pouch (cheek pocket in which some animals carry food)

   Synonym: torba

3. pouch (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young)

Declension

Declension of vak

	singular	plural
nominative	vak	vaky
genitive	vaku	vaků
dative	vaku	vakům
accusative	vak	vaky
vocative	vaku	vaky
locative	vaku	vacích
instrumental	vakem	vaky

Derived terms

• vačnatec m
• vakovlk m

 

Further reading

• vak in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• vak in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vac, from Old Dutch *fak, from Proto-West Germanic *fak, from Proto-Germanic *faką. In some of the contemporary senses probably influenced by cognate German Fach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑk/

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• Rhymes: -ɑk

Noun

vak n (plural vakken, diminutive vakje n)

1. A compartment (e.g. a shelf, a section).
2. A subject, discipline, class, notably in education.
3. A profession.
4. A trade, craft.

Derived terms

• kunstvak
• vakbekwaam
• vakbond
• vakgebied
• vakkennis
• vakman
• zoekvak

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: vak
• → Indonesian: vak

Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒk]
• Hyphenation: vak
• Rhymes: -ɒk

Adjective

vak (comparative vakabb, superlative legvakabb)

1. blind

   Synonym: világtalan

   Antonym: látó

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	vak	vakok
accusative	vakot	vakokat
dative	vaknak	vakoknak
instrumental	vakkal	vakokkal
causal-final	vakért	vakokért
translative	vakká	vakokká
terminative	vakig	vakokig
essive-formal	vakként	vakokként
essive-modal	vakul	—
inessive	vakban	vakokban
superessive	vakon	vakokon
adessive	vaknál	vakoknál
illative	vakba	vakokba
sublative	vakra	vakokra
allative	vakhoz	vakokhoz
elative	vakból	vakokból
delative	vakról	vakokról
ablative	vaktól	vakoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	vaké	vakoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	vakéi	vakokéi

Derived terms

• vakít
• vakon
• vakond
• vakság
• vaksi
• vaktában
• vakul

 

Compound words

• színvak
• vakablak
• vakbél
• vakmerő
• vakriasztás
• vakszöveg

 

Expressions

• vak vezet világtalant

 

Further reading

• vak in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch vak, from Middle Dutch vac.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvaʔ]
• Hyphenation: vak

Noun

vak

1. subject (in school)

   Synonyms: mata kuliah, mata pelajaran

2. profession
3. trade, craft

   Synonym: kejuruan

Further reading

• “vak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Norman

Alternative forms

• vacque (Guernsey)
• vaque (continental Normandy, Jersey)

Noun

vak f (plural vaks)

1. (Sark) cow

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From the verb vaka.

Noun

vak n (definite singular vaket, indefinite plural vak, definite plural vaka)

1. (fishing) fish skipping, jumping (or similar) at the surface of the water
2. ring(s) in the surface of the water after fish having jumped, skipped or similar

   vak i vak bortover vatnet

3. (fishing) a net
4. (fishing) shoal of fish close to the surface

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vakr, from Proto-Germanic *wakraz.

Adjective

vak (neuter vakt, definite singular and plural vake, comparative vakare, indefinite superlative vakast, definite superlative vakaste)

1. awake, lively
2. watchful

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vak

1. imperative of vaka

References

• “vak” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse vǫk.

Pronunciation

• audio

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Noun

vak c

1. a hole in a sheet of ice, a polynya

   Synonym: isvak

Declension

Declension of vak
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	vak	vaken	vakar	vakarna
Genitive	vaks	vakens	vakars	vakarnas

Noun

vak (definite (rarely) vaket)

1. vigil, watching (especially over someone sick or dying)

Derived terms

• nattvak

Tocharian A

Etymology

Cf. wak. Compare Tocharian B vek.

Noun

vak

1. voice

Turkish

Noun

vak (definite accusative vakı, plural vaklar)

1. quacking sound

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vakr, from Proto-Germanic *wakraz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɑːk/, /ʋæːk/

Adjective

vak

1. Waker; well rested.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vǫk, from Proto-Germanic *wakwō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɑːk/, /ʋäːk/, /ʋæːk/

Noun

vak f (definite singular vaka, definite plural våkan)

1. Polynya.

See also

• brönn