vek

See also: věk

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛk]

Noun

vek f

1. genitive plural of veka

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋek/, [ˈʋe̞k]
• Rhymes: -ek
• Syllabification^(key): vek
• Hyphenation^(key): vek

Adverb

vek (not comparable) (colloquial)

1. alternative form of veke

Further reading

• “vek”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 4 July 2023

Mizo

Etymology

A similar word appears in Tedim Chin vekpi (“all”).

Adverb

vek

1. all, every
   • Vanglaini, 5 March 2025

     Mizoram sorkarin zu a zuar dawn lo; Sawhthing kan lei vek dawn

     Mizoram government will not sell alcohol; we will buy all ginger

Further reading

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “vek”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse veikr via Danish veg.

Adjective

vek (masculine and feminine vek, neuter vekt, definite singular and plural veke, comparative vekere, indefinite superlative vekest, definite superlative vekeste)

1. alternative form of veik

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• veik

Verb

vek

1. simple past of vike

References

• “vek” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “vek_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Old Norse

Verb

vek

1. inflection of vekja:
   1. first-person singular present active indicative
   2. second-person singular present active imperative

Old Slovak

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weyk-der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *wáikas

Proto-Slavic *vě̑kъ

Old Slovak vek

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vě̑kъ.

Noun

vek m inan

1. (usually in the plural) ages, eternity (a very long period of time)

Derived terms

adjectives

• večný

Descendants

• Slovak: vek

Further reading

• Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “vek”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• vijȇk (Ijekavian)
• vȋk (Ikavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věkъ.

Noun

vȇk m inan (Cyrillic spelling ве̑к)

1. century (100 years)
2. a long period of time, especially historical; an era
3. lifetime

Declension

Declension of vek

	singular	plural
nominative	vȇk	vȅkovi
genitive	veka	vekova
dative	veku	vekovima
accusative	vek	vekove
vocative	veče	vekovi
locative	veku	vekovima
instrumental	vekom	vekovima

Derived terms

• dȍvēk, dȍvēka
• ȍdvēka
• ȕvēk
• vȅčan
• vȅčno

Slovak

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weyk-der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *wáikas

Proto-Slavic *vě̑kъ

Old Slovak vek

Slovak vek

Inherited from Old Slovak vek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vek/, [ˈʋek]
• Rhymes: -ek

Noun

vek m inan (relational adjective vekový)

1. (usually in the plural) ages, eternity (a very long period of time)
2. age, lifetime (a specific period or duration of human, animal, or plant life calculated in years)
3. (literary, of humans) life, lifetime
4. age, old age (the final or declining period of life)
5. age, epoch, era (a historical or long period of time defined by a specific characteristic or technology)
6. (geology) age (a formal unit of geological time, a subdivision of an epoch corresponding to a stage)
7. (obsolete) century

   Synonym: storočie

Declension

Declension of vek
(pattern dub)

	singular	plural
nominative	vek	veky
genitive	veku	vekov
dative	veku	vekom
accusative	vek	veky
locative	veku	vekoch
instrumental	vekom	vekmi

Derived terms

adjectives

• večný

Further reading

• “vek”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈveːk/

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• Rhymes: -eːk

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish vēker, from Old Norse veikr, from Proto-Germanic *waikwaz. Cognate with Norwegian veik, German weich and English weak.

Adjective

vek (comparative vekare, superlative vekast)

1. weak

Declension

Inflection of vek

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	vek	vekare	vekast
neuter singular	vekt	vekare	vekast
plural	veka	vekare	vekast
masculine plural2	veke	vekare	vekast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	veke	vekare	vekaste
all	veka	vekare	vekaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vek

1. past indicative of vika

Talysh

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥tkás.

Noun

vek

1. kidney

Tocharian B

Etymology

Cf. wek. Compare Tocharian A vak and Sanskrit वाक् (vāk) from वाच् (vāc).

Noun

vek ?

1. voice