alak
See also: -alak
CebuanoEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Malay arak, from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq) (cf. Bikol Central arak, Chamorro arak and Ilocano arak).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
alak
Derived termsEdit
GaloEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lak. Cognate with Tibetan ལག (lag, “hand, arm”), Burmese လက် (lak) and Sichuan Yi ꇇ (lot, “hand”).
NounEdit
alak
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unknown. Possibly from to áll (“to stand”) + -k (diminutive suffix).[1]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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
DeclensionEdit
| 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 termsEdit
Compound words with this term at the beginning
Compound words with this term at the end
Expressions
ReferencesEdit
- ^ 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 readingEdit
- 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 2023)
Limos KalingaEdit
NounEdit
alak
Lubuagan KalingaEdit
NounEdit
alak
SirayaEdit
NounEdit
alak
TagalogEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Malay arak (“liquor”), from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq, “arak”). Compare Bikol Central arak, Chamorro arak, and Ilocano arak.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
alak (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜃ᜔)