vakar

Hungarian

Etymology

vak +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

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

Verb

vakar

1. (transitive) to scratch

Conjugation

conjugation of vakar

			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica- tive mood	Pre- sent	Indef.	vakarok	vakarsz	vakar	vakarunk	vakartok	vakarnak
		Def.	vakarom	vakarod	vakarja	vakarjuk	vakarjátok	vakarják
		2nd-p. o.	vakarlak	―
	Past	Indef.	vakartam	vakartál	vakart	vakartunk	vakartatok	vakartak
		Def.	vakartam	vakartad	vakarta	vakartuk	vakartátok	vakarták
		2nd-p. o.	vakartalak	―
Condi- tional mood	Pre- sent	Indef.	vakarnék	vakarnál	vakarna	vakarnánk	vakarnátok	vakarnának
		Def.	vakarnám	vakarnád	vakarná	vakarnánk	vakarnátok	vakarnák
		2nd-p. o.	vakarnálak	―
Sub- junc- tive mood	Pre- sent	Indef.	vakarjak	vakarj or vakarjál	vakarjon	vakarjunk	vakarjatok	vakarjanak
		Def.	vakarjam	vakard or vakarjad	vakarja	vakarjuk	vakarjátok	vakarják
		2nd-p. o.	vakarjalak	―
Infinitive	vakarni		vakarnom	vakarnod	vakarnia	vakarnunk	vakarnotok	vakarniuk
Other nonfinite verb forms			Verbal noun	Present participle	Past participle	Future part.	Adverbial part.	Potential
			vakarás	vakaró	vakart	vakarandó	vakarva	vakarhat

Derived terms

• vakarás

(With verbal prefixes):

• kivakar
• levakar
• megvakar

Further reading

• vakar in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.

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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 ве́чер (véčer, “evening”), вчера́ (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.