ek
AfrikaansEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Dutch ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂om (“I”).
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
- I (subject)
See alsoEdit
subjective | objective | possessive | ||||
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singular | 1st | ek | my | |||
2nd | jy | jou | ||||
2nd, formal | u | |||||
3rd, masc | hy | hom | sy | |||
3rd, fem | sy | haar | ||||
3rd, neut | dit | sy | ||||
plural | 1st | ons | ||||
2nd | julle | julle / jul1 | ||||
3rd | hulle | hulle / hul1 | ||||
1. In the second and third persons plural, the usual possessive forms are julle and hulle (like the subjective and objective forms), but jul and hul are sometimes used instead when the sentence would otherwise be ambiguous. |
EsperantoEdit
Fiji HindiEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Hindi एक (ek), from Sanskrit एक (éka) (or a closely related Old-Indo-Aryan language, through Prakrit), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haykas (compare Persian یک (yek)), from Proto-Indo-European *(H)óykos (“one, single”).
NumeralEdit
ek
ReferencesEdit
- Fiji Hindi Dictionary
- Siegel, Jeff (1977) Say it in Fiji Hindi, Australia: Pacific Publications, →ISBN, page 28
IcelandicEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.
Alternative formsEdit
PronounEdit
ek
DeclensionEdit
Icelandic personal pronouns | ||||||
singular | first person | second person | third person masculine | third person feminine | third person neuter | |
nominative | ég, eg†, ek† | þú | hann | hún, hon†, hón† | það, þat† | |
accusative | mig, mik† | þig, þik† | hann | hana | það, þat† | |
dative | mér | þér | honum, hánum† | henni | því | |
genitive | mín | þín | hans | hennar | þess | |
plural | first person | second person | third person masculine | third person feminine | third person neuter | |
nominative | við | þið, þit† | þeir | þær | þau | |
accusative | okkur | ykkur | þá | þær | þau | |
dative | okkur | ykkur | þeim | þeim | þeim | |
genitive | okkar | ykkar | þeirra | þeirra | þeirra |
Etymology 2Edit
Inflected form of aka (“to drive”).
VerbEdit
ek
- first-person singular active present indicative of aka
IdoEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek). Also seen as a borrowing from Latin ex, with the x changed to just k so not to interfere with ex-, which shares the same origin.
PronunciationEdit
PrepositionEdit
ek
- (general sense) out
- (indicating motion) out, out of, out from, from
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Adportez stulo ek ta chambro ― Bring a chair out of that room.
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Lu prenis ca folio ek la tir-kesto ― He took this leaf from the drawer.
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- (of materials) of, made from, made of
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Ek quo esas ta tasi? ― What are the cups made of?
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Li esas ek porcelano. ― They are made of china.
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- (mathematics) (indication fractional parts) out of
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Nonadek ek cent. ― Ninety out of a hundred (90%).
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En ca armeo, 5 ek 100 esas ocidita, 10 ek 100 vundita.
- In this army, five out of (every) 100 were killed, and ten per cent were wounded.
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Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
KalashaEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Sanskrit एक (eka), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háykas. Compare Hindi, Konkani, Nepali and Marathi एक (ek).
NumeralEdit
ek
MarshalleseEdit
Middle EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old English ēac, from Proto-Germanic *auk.
AdverbEdit
ek
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Middle Low GermanEdit
North FrisianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse ekki. Cognate with Danish ikke, Faroese ikki, Norwegian Nynorsk ikkje.
AdverbEdit
ek
- (Sylt) not
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"Di rocht Saaken ken di Oogen ek se", sair di Litji Prins, fuar höm dit tö morki.
- "The important things can't be seen with the eyes," said the Little Prince, so he would remember this.
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NovialEdit
Old NorseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.
PronounEdit
ek
- I (first-person singular pronoun)
- 150–350, inscription on the Lindholm amulet:
- ᛖᚳᛖᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉᛋᚨᚹᛁᛚᚨᚷᚨᛉᚺᚨᛏᛖᚳᚨ
- ek erilaz sa[w]ilagaz hateka
- I [am an] earl, Sawilagaz hight I
- ek erilaz sa[w]ilagaz hateka
- ᛖᚳᛖᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉᛋᚨᚹᛁᛚᚨᚷᚨᛉᚺᚨᛏᛖᚳᚨ
- 200–475, inscription on the Kragehul I spear-shaft:
- ᛖᚳᛖ⁀ᚱᛁᛚᚨ⁀ᛉ...
- ek e⁀rila⁀z asugisalas m⁀uh⁀a h⁀aite […]
- I, earl of Asugisalaz, hight Muha, […]
- ek e⁀rila⁀z asugisalas m⁀uh⁀a h⁀aite […]
- ᛖᚳᛖ⁀ᚱᛁᛚᚨ⁀ᛉ...
- circa 1000, Vǫluspá, verse 1, line 1:
- Hliods bið ec allar... (Codex Regius, circa 1270)
- Hlioðs bið ek allar... (Hauksbók, circa 1306)
- Hljóðs bið ek allar... (normalised orthography)
- For silence I ask all...
- 1220-1240, Egils saga, chapter 3, line 16:
- "Þótt þetta vandræði hafi nú borit oss at hendi, þá mun eigi langt til, at sama vandræði mun til yðvar koma, því at Haraldr, ætla ek, at skjótt mun hér koma, þá er hann hefir alla menn þrælkat ok áþját, sem hann vill, á Norðmæri ok í Raumsdal." (Norse)
- translation by William Charles Green:
- Though this danger now touches us, before long the same will come to you; for Harold, as I ween, will hasten hither when he has enthralled and oppressed after his will all in North Mæra and Raumsdale.
- translation by Hallvard Lie:
- Though this trouble have now lighted on our hand, 'twill not be long ere the same trouble shall come upon you; for Harald, I ween, will shortly hither come, soon as he hath all men thralled and enslaved, according to this will, in Northmere and Raumsdale.
- translation by William Charles Green:
- "Þótt þetta vandræði hafi nú borit oss at hendi, þá mun eigi langt til, at sama vandræði mun til yðvar koma, því at Haraldr, ætla ek, at skjótt mun hér koma, þá er hann hefir alla menn þrælkat ok áþját, sem hann vill, á Norðmæri ok í Raumsdal." (Norse)
- 150–350, inscription on the Lindholm amulet:
DeclensionEdit
number | first person | second person | reflexive | third person | ||
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case | singular | singular masculine | singular feminine | singular neuter | ||
nominative | ek | þú | hann | hon, hón | þat | |
accusative | mik | þik | sik | hann | hana, hána | þat |
dative | mér | þér | sér | hánum, honum, hónum | henni | því |
genitive | mín | þín | sín | hans | hennar | þess |
case | dual | |||||
nominative | vit | it, þit | ||||
accusative | okr, okkr | ykr, ykkr | sik | |||
dative | okr, okkr | ykr, ykkr | sér | |||
genitive | okkar | ykkar | sín | |||
case | plural | plural masculine | plural feminine | plural neuter | ||
nominative | vér | ér, þér | þeir | þær | þau | |
accusative | oss | yðr | sik | þá | þær | þau |
dative | oss | yðr | sér | þeim | þeim | þeim |
genitive | vár | yðar, yðvar | sín | þeirra | þeirra | þeirra |
DescendantsEdit
- Danish: jeg (dial. a, æ, ja, jæ)
- Elfdalian: ig
- Faroese: eg, jeg
- Icelandic: ek, eg, ég
- Norn: eg
- Norwegian: (dial. eg, ej, e, je, í, æg, æ, æj)
- Old Swedish: iak, jæk
- Swedish: jag
ReferencesEdit
- ek in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old SaxonEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *aiks.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ēk f
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | ēk | ēki |
accusative | ēk | ēki |
genitive | ēki | ēkiō |
dative | ēki | ēkium |
instrumental | — | — |
DescendantsEdit
RohingyaEdit
< 0 | 1 | 2 > |
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Cardinal : ek | ||
EtymologyEdit
From Sanskrit एक (eka, “one”).
NumeralEdit
ek
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse eik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”).
PronunciationEdit
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NounEdit
ek c
DeclensionEdit
Declension of ek | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ek | eken | ekar | ekarna |
Genitive | eks | ekens | ekars | ekarnas |
Tocharian BEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Tocharian *ëk, from Late Proto-Indo-European *okʷs, from *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Compare Tocharian A ak.
NounEdit
ek
- eye
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eśane klausane ṣeycer-me kartstse yolo lkātsi klyaussisa
- "you had eyes and ears to see and hear good and evil"
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TurkishEdit
NounEdit
ek (definite accusative eki, plural ekler)
DeclensionEdit
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Nominative | ek | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | eki | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | ek | ekler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | eki | ekleri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | eke | eklere | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | ekte | eklerde | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | ekten | eklerden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | ekin | eklerin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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HyponymsEdit
VerbEdit
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