vakar

Hungarian

Etymology

vak +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒkɒr]
• Hyphenation: va‧kar

Verb

vakar

1. scratch

Conjugation

conjugation of vakar

Infinitive			vakarni
Past participle			vakart
Present participle			vakaró
Future participle			vakarandó
Adverbial participle			vakarva
Potential			vakarhat
			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd person sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd person pl formal
Indicative Mood	Present	Indefinite	vakarok	vakarsz	vakar	vakarunk	vakartok	vakarnak
		Definite	vakarom én téged/titeket vakarlak	vakarod	vakarja	vakarjuk	vakarjátok	vakarják
	Past	Indefinite	vakartam	vakartál	vakart	vakartunk	vakartatok	vakartak
		Definite	vakartam én téged/titeket vakartalak	vakartad	vakarta	vakartuk	vakartátok	vakarták
Conditional Mood	Present	Indefinite	vakarnék	vakarnál	vakarna	vakarnánk	vakarnátok	vakarnának
		Definite	vakarnám én téged/titeket vakarnálak	vakarnád	vakarná	vakarnánk	vakarnátok	vakarnák
Subjunctive Mood	Present	Indefinite	vakarjak	vakarj or vakarjál	vakarjon	vakarjunk	vakarjatok	vakarjanak
		Definite	vakarjam én téged/titeket vakarjalak	vakard or vakarjad	vakarja	vakarjuk	vakarjátok	vakarják
Conjugated Infinitive			vakarnom	vakarnod	vakarnia	vakarnunk	vakarnotok	vakarniuk

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

• kivakar
• levakar
• megvakar

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Latvian

Etymology

Probably the adverbial form of an earlier (unattested) adjective, of which vakars ‎(“night”) is the nominal form. The original meaning was probably “the previous night,” whence later “yesterday;” compare Russian вечер ‎(véčer, “evening”), вчера ‎(včerá, “yesterday”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vakar]

Adverb

vakar

1. yesterday (in the day before today)

   vakar bija slikts laiks — yesterday the weather was bad

   vakar no rīta — yesterday morning

   vakar vakarā — yesterday evening

   “jaunkundze vakar vēlu pārnāca mājās?” “jā, aizgājām no kluba pie Ralfa spēlēt pokeru” — “milady came back late yesterday?” “yes, I went from the club to Ralph's (place) to play poker”

2. yesterday (in the, usually recent, past)

   funkcionāri šodien ir vienkāršāki, demokrātiskāki nekā vakar — (public) officials are simpler, more democratic today than yesterday

Usage notes

Vakars as a noun, means “evening” (locative form vakarā “in the evening,” used also as a temporal adverb) while historically related vakar is an adverb, meaning “yesterday” (its nominal counterpart is vakardiena “(the day of) yesterday”).

Antonyms

• rīt

Derived terms

• aizvakar
• vakardiena

Related terms

• vakars

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From vakaras. Compare Russian вечер ‎(večer) and вчера ‎(včera).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋaːkɐɾ]

Adverb

vãkar (not comparable)

1. yesterday

   Vakar kur buvai?

   Where were you yesterday?

Derived terms

• užvakar

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Swedish

Noun

vakar

1. indefinite plural of vak

Verb

vakar

1. present tense of vaka.