blak
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Etymology edit
Coined by visual artist Destiny Deacon in 1991 as an alteration of black.
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blak
- (Australia) Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander).
- blak identity
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blak
Faroese edit
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Etymology 1 edit
verbal noun of blaka
Noun edit
blak n (genitive singular blaks, plural bløk)
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Declension of blak | ||||
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n5 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | blak | blakið | bløk | bløkini |
accusative | blak | blakið | bløk | bløkini |
dative | blaki | blakinum | bløkum | bløkunum |
genitive | blaks | blaksins | blaka | blakanna |
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Etymology 2 edit
From Old Irish bláthach via Early Middle Scots. Compare Scottish Gaelic blàthach.
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blak n (genitive singular blaks, uncountable)
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Declension of blak (singular only) | ||
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n5s | singular | |
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | blak | blakið |
accusative | blak | blakið |
dative | blaki | blakinum |
genitive | blaks | blaksins |
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blak
Icelandic edit
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blak n (genitive singular blaks, nominative plural blök)
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declension of blak
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derived terms
derived terms
- bera blak af einhverjum (to protect somebody, to make excuses for somebody)
Middle English edit
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Etymology 1 edit
From Old English blæc, from Proto-Germanic *blakaz.
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blak (plural and weak singular blake, comparative blakker, superlative blakkest)
- black (of a black color)
- black (having black skin)
- black-haired
- dark, blackish
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References edit
- “blā̆k, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2 edit
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blak
- Alternative form of blake (“pale, yellowish”)
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whit | grey, hor | blak |
red; cremesyn, gernet | citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne | yelow, dorry, gul; canevas |
grasgrene | grene | |
plunket; ewage | asure, livid | blewe, blo, pers |
violet; inde | rose, murrey; purpel, purpur | claret |
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blak