alak
See also: -alak
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Malay arak, from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq) (cf. Bikol Central arak, Chamorro arak and Ilocano arak).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
alak
Derived terms edit
Galo edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lak. Cognate with Tibetan ལག (lag, “hand, arm”), Burmese လက် (lak) and Nuosu ꇇ (lot, “hand”).
Noun edit
alak
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Possibly from to áll (“to stand”) + -k (diminutive suffix).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
alak (plural alakok)
- figure, form, shape
- character (in a book, drama etc.)
- Synonym: szereplő
- (linguistics) word form (usually including its inflection, if there is any)
- figure, build (of a person)
- Synonyms: alkat, testalkat, termet, testfelépítés, megjelenés
- (colloquial) bloke, fellow, chap, guy
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | alak | alakok |
| accusative | alakot | alakokat |
| dative | alaknak | alakoknak |
| instrumental | alakkal | alakokkal |
| causal-final | alakért | alakokért |
| translative | alakká | alakokká |
| terminative | alakig | alakokig |
| essive-formal | alakként | alakokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | alakban | alakokban |
| superessive | alakon | alakokon |
| adessive | alaknál | alakoknál |
| illative | alakba | alakokba |
| sublative | alakra | alakokra |
| allative | alakhoz | alakokhoz |
| elative | alakból | alakokból |
| delative | alakról | alakokról |
| ablative | alaktól | alakoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
alaké | alakoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
alakéi | alakokéi |
| Possessive forms of alak | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | alakom | alakjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | alakod | alakjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | alakja | alakjai |
| 1st person plural | alakunk | alakjaink |
| 2nd person plural | alakotok | alakjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | alakjuk | alakjaik |
Derived terms edit
Compound words with this term at the beginning
Compound words with this term at the end
Expressions
References edit
- ^ alak in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’), Second, revised and expanded edition, Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2021, page 38, →ISBN. (See also the PDF of its 1st edition.)
Further reading edit
- alak in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- alak in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
Limos Kalinga edit
Noun edit
alak
Lubuagan Kalinga edit
Noun edit
alak
Siraya edit
Noun edit
alak
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Malay arak (“liquor”), from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq, “arak”). Compare Bikol Central arak, Chamorro arak, and Ilocano arak.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔalak/, [ˈʔa.lɐk]
- Rhymes: -alak
- Syllabification: a‧lak
Noun edit
alak (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜃ᜔)