vasks
Danish
Noun
vasks c
Icelandic
Noun
Latvian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "bat-pro" is not valid. See WT:LOL. *waksa (with metathesis, *waska-s), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Russian, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Belarusian воск (vosk), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ukrainian віск, Bulgarian во́сък (vósǎk), Czech vosk, Polish wosk, Proto-Germanic *wahsa- (Old High German wahs, Old English wæx, German Wachs, English wax).[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
vasks m (1st declension)
- wax (an oily, water-resistant substance)
- grīdas vasks ― floor wax
- vaska sveces ― wax candles, tapers
- sintētiskais vasks ― synthetic wax
- augu vaski ― plant waxes
- dzīvnieku vaski ― animal waxes
- bišu vasks ― beeswax
- vaska figūra ― wax figure
- kausēt vasku ― to melt wax
- mīksts kā vasks ― soft as wax
Declension
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “vasks”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN