vasks
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Danish[edit]
Noun[edit]
vasks c
Icelandic[edit]
Noun[edit]
vasks
- indefinite genitive singular of vaskur
Latvian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Baltic *waksa (with metathesis, *waska-s), from Proto-Indo-European *wokso- (“wax”), from the stem *weg- (“to weave”) (< *aw-eg). The original meaning was thus “woven, fabric-like” (i.e., cells, honeycomb). Cognates include Lithuanian vãškas, Old Church Slavonic воскъ (voskŭ), Russian, Belarusian воск (vosk), Ukrainian віск, Bulgarian восък (vósǎk), Czech vosk, Polish wosk, Proto-Germanic *wahsa- (Old High German wahs, Old English wæx, German Wachs, English wax).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
vasks m (1st declension)
- wax (an oily, water-resistant substance)
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grīdas vasks ― floor wax
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vaska sveces ― wax candles, tapers
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sintētiskais vasks ― synthetic wax
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augu vaski ― plant waxes
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dzīvnieku vaski ― animal waxes
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bišu vasks ― beeswax
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vaska figūra ― wax figure
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kausēt vasku ― to melt wax
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mīksts kā vasks ― soft as wax
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Declension[edit]
Declension of vasks (1st declension)
References[edit]
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “vasks”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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