Czech edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Czech svak.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈsvak]
  • Hyphenation: svak

Noun edit

svak m anim

  1. (archaic) brother-in-law
    Synonym: švagr

Declension edit

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Further reading edit

  • svak in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • svak in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German swak, from Old Saxon *swak, from Proto-West Germanic *swak. Compare with German schwach.

Adjective edit

svak (neuter singular svakt, definite singular and plural svake, comparative svakere, indefinite superlative svakest, definite superlative svakeste)

  1. weak
  2. faint
    en svak lyda faint sound

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References edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German swak, from Old Saxon *swak, from Proto-West Germanic *swak. Compare with German schwach.

Adjective edit

svak (neuter singular svakt, definite singular and plural svake, comparative svakare, indefinite superlative svakast, definite superlative svakaste)

  1. weak
  2. faint

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

References edit

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From earlier *svojakъ; compare svȏj.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

svȃk m (Cyrillic spelling сва̑к)

  1. brother-in-law (one's sister's husband)
  2. father-in-law (one's husband's father; svèkar)
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

svȁk (Cyrillic spelling сва̏к)

  1. everyone (alternative form of svȁtko/svȁko)

Slovene edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

svák m anim (female equivalent svákinja)

  1. brother-in-law

Inflection edit

 
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing. svák
gen. sing. sváka
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
svák sváka sváki
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
sváka svákov svákov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
sváku svákoma svákom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
sváka sváka sváke
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
sváku svákih svákih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
svákom svákoma sváki

Further reading edit

  • svak”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran