ek

See also: ek-, -ek, ék, -ék, Ek, EK, and ÉK

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AfrikaansEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂om (“I”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɛk/

PronounEdit

ek (object my, possessive my)

1. I (subject)

See alsoEdit

Afrikaans personal pronouns

		subjective	objective	possessive
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.

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EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From ek-.

InterjectionEdit

ek

1. let's go

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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 *Háykas, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)óykos (“one, single”).

NumeralEdit

ek

1. (cardinal) one

ReferencesEdit

• Fiji Hindi Dictionary
• Siegel, Jeff (1977) Say it in Fiji Hindi, Australia: Pacific Publications, →ISBN, page 28

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IcelandicEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Alternative formsEdit

• ég (modern)
• eg (archaic, poetic)

PronounEdit

ek

1. (archaic) I

   Ek spurða þá, hvar ek skyldi sitja.

   I asked then, where I should sit.

DeclensionEdit

  Icelandic personal pronouns

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

1. first-person singular active present indicative of aka

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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

• IPA^(key): /ɛk/

PrepositionEdit

ek

1. (general sense) out
2. (indicating motion) out, out of, out from, from

   Adportez stulo ek ta chambro ― Bring a chair out of that room.

   Lu prenis ca folio ek la tir-kesto ― He took this leaf from the drawer.

3. (of materials) of, made from, made of

   Ek quon esas ta tasi? ― What are the cups made of?

   Li esas ek porcelano. ― They are made of china.

4. (mathematics) (indication fractional parts) out of

   Nonadek ek cent. ― Ninety out of a hundred (90%).

   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.

Derived termsEdit

• ek-

Related termsEdit

• ex-

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KalashaEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Sanskrit एक (eka), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háykas. Compare Hindi, Konkani, Nepali and Marathi एक (ek).

NumeralEdit

ek

1. (cardinal) one; 1

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MarshalleseEdit

PronunciationEdit

• MED phonemes: {yẹk}
• IPA^(key): /jɘk/, [e̯e͡ɤk]

NounEdit

ek

1. fish.

ReferencesEdit

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

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Middle EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• eek, eke

EtymologyEdit

From Old English ēac, from Proto-Germanic *auk.

AdverbEdit

ek

1. also, in addition, besides

Related termsEdit

• eake

DescendantsEdit

• Scots: eik, ek
• English: eke

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Middle Low GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɛk/, /ek/

PronounEdit

ek

1. Alternative form of ik.

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North FrisianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse ekki. Cognate with Danish ikke, Faroese ikki, Norwegian Nynorsk ikkje.

AdverbEdit

ek

1. (Sylt) not

   "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

PrepositionEdit

ek

1. out of, from
2. out of (expressing a fraction or a ratio)

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Old FrisianEdit

EtymologyEdit

NounEdit

ēk f

1. oak

ReferencesEdit

1. Köbler, Gerhard, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

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Old NorseEdit

The inscription on the shaft of the Kragehul I spear.

Alternative formsEdit

• jek
• jak

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

PronounEdit

ek

1. 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

   • 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, […]

   • 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.

DeclensionEdit

Old Norse personal pronouns

number	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
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

The Lindholm amulet, a 2nd to 4th century piece of bone with a Proto-Norse inscription containing two instances of the pronoun.

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)
  • Nynorsk: eg
  • Bokmål: jeg
• Old Swedish: iak, jæk
  • Swedish: jag

ReferencesEdit

• ek in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Old SaxonEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *aiks.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛːk/

NounEdit

ēk f

1. oak

DeclensionEdit

Declension of ēk (feminine i-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	ēk	ēki
accusative	ēk	ēki
genitive	ēki	ēkiō
dative	ēki	ēkium
instrumental	—	—

DescendantsEdit

• Middle Low German: êke, êk
  • German Low German: Eek
  • Low German: Eek
  • Plautdietsch: Ieekj

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RohingyaEdit

Rohingya cardinal numbers

<  0	1	2  >
Cardinal : ek

EtymologyEdit

From Sanskrit एक (eka, “one”).

NumeralEdit

ek

1. (cardinal) one

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SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse eik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”).

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

ek c

1. oak

DeclensionEdit

Declension of ek
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ek	eken	ekar	ekarna
Genitive	eks	ekens	ekars	ekarnas

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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

1. eye

   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)

1. annex

DeclensionEdit

Inflection
Nominative	ek
Definite accusative	eki
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ek	ekler
Definite accusative	eki	ekleri
Dative	eke	eklere
Locative	ekte	eklerde
Ablative	ekten	eklerden
Genitive	ekin	eklerin
Possessive forms Singular Plural 1st singular ekim eklerim 2nd singular ekin eklerin 3rd singular eki ekleri 1st plural ekimiz eklerimiz 2nd plural ekiniz ekleriniz 3rd plural ekleri ekleri
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular ekim eklerim 2nd singular eksin eklersin 3rd singular ek ektir ekler eklerdir 1st plural ekiz ekleriz 2nd plural eksiniz eklersiniz 3rd plural ekler eklerdir

HyponymsEdit

• ön ek

VerbEdit

ek

1. second-person singular imperative of ekmek

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VolapükEdit

PronounEdit

ek

1. someone; anyone

DeclensionEdit

    declension of ek

	singular	plural
nominative	ek	eks
genitive	eka	ekas
dative	eke	ekes
accusative	eki	ekis

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West FrisianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Frisian āk, from Proto-Germanic *auk. Compare Middle English eek (archaic English eke), Dutch ook, German auch.

AdverbEdit

ek

1. also, too