vakt
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish وقت (vakt), from Arabic وَقْت (waqt).(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun edit
- vakt m (plural vakte, definite vakti, definite plural vaktet)[1][2][3]
- vâkth m (plural vâkthe, definite vâkthi, definite plural vâkthet) (Gheg)
- (obsolete, dialect) time, period, moment, era; age (when associated with a person and stage of life)
- leisure(time), pause, resting, break (bedtime, sleeptime)
- meal(time), repast (time when eating; breakfast, mealtime, lunch, dinner, supper)
- good condition, lucky position/situation; (afford)ability; fortune, fate
- Synonyms: gjendje; përballueshmërinë, aftësi; fat
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- [1] noun vakt (def./sg. vakti; indef./pl. vakte; def./pl. vaktet) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
References edit
- ^ Oda Buchholz, Wilfried Fiedler, Gerda Uhlisch (2000) Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Albanisch, Langenscheidt Verlag, →ISBN, page 601 (vakt)
- ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 168, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
- ^ Dictionnaire Français-Albanais / Fjalor Shqip-Frengjisht, page 616, Vedat Kokona, Tiranë, 2002, →ISBN
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
vakt
- past participle of vække
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German wachte, from Old Saxon wahta, from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vakt f (genitive singular vaktar, plural vaktir)
Declension edit
Declension of vakt | ||||
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f2 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | vakt | vaktin | vaktir | vaktirnar |
accusative | vakt | vaktina | vaktir | vaktirnar |
dative | vakt | vaktini | vaktum | vaktunum |
genitive | vaktar | vaktarinnar | vakta | vaktanna |
Derived terms edit
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vakt f (genitive singular vaktar, nominative plural vaktir)
Declension edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Low German wacht, wachte.
Noun edit
vakt f or m (definite singular vakta or vakten, indefinite plural vakter, definite plural vaktene)
- a guard (person)
- stå vakt - stand guard
- a watch (period of duty; time period)
- holde vakt - keep watch
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
vakt
- past participle of vekke
References edit
- “vakt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Low German wacht, wachte.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vakt f (definite singular vakta, indefinite plural vakter, definite plural vaktene)
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
vakt
- imperative of vakta
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
vakt
Participle edit
vakt (definite singular and plural vakte)
- (non-standard since 1938) past participle of vekkja
Adjective edit
vakt (indefinite singular vakt, definite singular and plural vakte)
- (Religion) having spiritually awakened, e.g. born-again (in certain Christian denominations)
References edit
- “vakt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German wachte, from Old Saxon wahta, from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō.
Pronunciation edit
audio (file)
Noun edit
vakt c
- a guard
- Nisse är en vakt
- Nisse is a guard
- watch, guard (keeping guard/watch)
- Stig håller vakt medan vi rånar juvelerarbutiken
- Stig keeps watch while we rob the jewelry store
Usage notes edit
You hold (håller) rather than keep watch in Swedish.
Declension edit
Declension of vakt | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | vakt | vakten | vakter | vakterna |
Genitive | vakts | vaktens | vakters | vakternas |
Derived terms edit
- vakttorn (“watchtower”)
- vara på sin vakt
- änglavakt