Wiktionary

lak

See also: Lak, lák, låk, łąk, läk-, la̍k, -lak, Łąk, and лак

EnglishEdit

AdverbEdit

lak (not comparable)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of like, representing African-American Vernacular English.

ConjunctionEdit

-

  1. Pronunciation spelling of like, representing African-American Vernacular English.

AnagramsEdit

AlbanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Albanian *lak-, from Proto-Indo-European *lh₂k- (“twisted; twig, sprig (as a loop)”). Cognate to Latin lax (“bait, lure, noose, slip”), laqueus (“cord, rope (as noose, slip)”).

NounEdit

lak m

  1. chain (trap for wild animals)
  2. noose
  3. snare
  4. slip
  5. knot

Related termsEdit

CzechEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French lacre (“sealing wax”), from Portuguese laca.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈlak]
  • Hyphenation: lak
  • Rhymes: -ak

NounEdit

lak m inan

  1. lacquer

DeclensionEdit

Declension
singular plural
nominative lak laky
genitive laku laků
dative laku lakům
accusative lak laky
vocative laku laky
locative laku lacích
instrumental lakem laky

Related termsEdit

Further readingEdit

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

DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From German Lack

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

lak c or n (singular definite lakken or lakket, plural indefinite lakker, plural definite lakkerne)

  1. lacquer

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /lɑk/
  • Audio
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  • Rhymes: -ɑk

Etymology 1Edit

First occurring in the late 16th century. Probably borrowed from French laque, ultimately from Persian لاک‎ (lāk), from Hindi लाख (lākh), from Sanskrit लाक्षा (lākṣā).

NounEdit

lak m or f or n (plural lakken, diminutive lakje n)

  1. lacquer
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
  • → Papiamentu: lak, láker (dated)

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

lak m or n (uncountable)

  1. foolery, foolishness, nonsense
    • 1859, "Wijsgeerig A. B. C.: H. Huisbaas", Humoristisch Album, H. Nijgh, page 59.
      […] Wie om reparatie malen / Heeft hij spoedig in zijn zak; / Zelf zal hij er niet naar talen -- / Wat hij toezegt is slechts lak; / Er is niets van hem te halen, / Zelfs al zat men zonder dak.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  2. indifference (only in lak hebben aan)
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

From Middle Dutch lac, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *laka-, related to *lak(k)ōn- (“to blame, reproach”), from Proto-Indo-European *lok-néh₂-. See also Old Norse lakr (“lacking”).

NounEdit

lak m or n (plural lakken)

  1. (dialectal) defect, deficiency, shortcoming, blame, blemish
Related termsEdit

Etymology 4Edit

From Middle Dutch lac, from Old Dutch *laka, from Proto-West Germanic *laku.

NounEdit

lak n (plural lakken)

  1. (archaic) lake
    Synonym: meer

AnagramsEdit

HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *lakka (“cover, roof, shelter”).[1]

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

lak (plural lakok)

  1. (archaic) habitation, abode, residence
  2. (poetic) dwelling
    • 1843, Sándor Petőfi, Távolból (From a Distance), poem lines 1–2 [1]
      Kis lak áll a nagy Duna mentében;
      Oh mi drága e lakocska nékem!
      A small house stands along the big Danube;
      Oh how dear this tiny house is to me!
    • 1872, Mór Jókai, Az arany ember[2] (Timar’s Two Worlds),[3] part 1, chapter 7, translated by Mrs. Hegan Kennard:
      Timár a rejtett tanya felé irányozta lépteit. A virágoskerten keresztül már látszott valami út, mely a lakhoz vezet, csakhogy azt is úgy belepte a fű, hogy a rajta járó lépése nem okozott dobajt; egész nesztelenül juthatott el a kis verandáig.
      Timar turned his steps toward the creeper-covered cottage. Through the flower-garden a path led to the house, but so covered with grass that his steps were not heard, and he could thus get as far as the little veranda quite noiselessly.

DeclensionEdit

See this reference site for the possessive declensions [4]

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative lak lakok
accusative lakot lakokat
dative laknak lakoknak
instrumental lakkal lakokkal
causal-final lakért lakokért
translative lakká lakokká
terminative lakig lakokig
essive-formal lakként lakokként
essive-modal — —
inessive lakban lakokban
superessive lakon lakokon
adessive laknál lakoknál
illative lakba lakokba
sublative lakra lakokra
allative lakhoz lakokhoz
elative lakból lakokból
delative lakról lakokról
ablative laktól lakoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		laké lakoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		lakéi lakokéi
Possessive forms of lak
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. lakom lakaim
lakjaim
2nd person sing. lakod lakaid
lakjaid
3rd person sing. laka
lakja 		lakai
lakjai
1st person plural lakunk lakaink
lakjaink
2nd person plural lakotok lakaitok
lakjaitok
3rd person plural lakuk
lakjuk 		lakaik
lakjaik

Derived termsEdit

Compound words

Related termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Entry #451 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary. Internet Archive

Further readingEdit

  • lak in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

IcelandicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse lak, borrowed from Middle Low German laken, from Old Saxon lakan, from Proto-Germanic *lakaną.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

lak n (genitive singular laks, nominative plural lök)

  1. sheet, bedsheet

DeclensionEdit

declension of lak
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lak lakið lök lökin
accusative lak lakið lök lökin
dative laki lakinu lökum lökunum
genitive laks laksins laka lakanna

VerbEdit

lak

  1. first/third-person singular past indicative of leka
    Vatnið lak úr vaskinum.
    The water leaked from the sink.

LuoEdit

NounEdit

lak (plural lake)

  1. tooth

Min NanEdit

For pronunciation and definitions of lak – see 落 (“to fall; to drop; to leave out; etc.”).
(This character, lak, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 落.)

PolishEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From German Lack, from Italian lacca, from Arabic لَكّ‎ (lakk).

NounEdit

lak m inan

  1. sealing wax
  2. dental sealant
DeclensionEdit
Declension of lak
singular plural
nominative lak laki
genitive laku laków
dative lakowi lakom
accusative lak laki
instrumental lakiem lakami
locative laku lakach
vocative laku laki

Etymology 2Edit

From German Lack, from Latin leucoium.

NounEdit

lak m inan

  1. wallflower (any plant of the genus Erysimum)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of lak
singular plural
nominative lak laki
genitive laku laków
dative lakowi lakom
accusative lak laki
instrumental lakiem lakami
locative laku lakach
vocative laku laki

Etymology 3Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

NounEdit

lak f

  1. genitive plural of laka

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • lak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • lak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

RohingyaEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa)

NumeralEdit

lak

  1. hundred thousand

Serbo-CroatianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Slavic *lьgъkъ, from pre-Slavic *h₁ln̥gʷʰ-u-ko, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

lȁk (definite lȁkī, comparative lȁkšī, Cyrillic spelling ла̏к)

  1. easy
  2. light
DeclensionEdit
positive indefinite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative lak laka lako
genitive laka lake laka
dative laku lakoj laku
accusative inanimate
animate 		lak
laka 		laku lako
vocative lak laka lako
locative laku lakoj laku
instrumental lakim lakom lakim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative laki lake laka
genitive lakih lakih lakih
dative lakim(a) lakim(a) lakim(a)
accusative lake lake laka
vocative laki lake laka
locative lakim(a) lakim(a) lakim(a)
instrumental lakim(a) lakim(a) lakim(a)
positive definite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative laki laka lako
genitive lakog(a) lake lakog(a)
dative lakom(u/e) lakoj lakom(u/e)
accusative inanimate
animate 		laki
lakog(a) 		laku lako
vocative laki laka lako
locative lakom(e/u) lakoj lakom(e/u)
instrumental lakim lakom lakim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative laki lake laka
genitive lakih lakih lakih
dative lakim(a) lakim(a) lakim(a)
accusative lake lake laka
vocative laki lake laka
locative lakim(a) lakim(a) lakim(a)
instrumental lakim(a) lakim(a) lakim(a)
comparative forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative lakši lakša lakše
genitive lakšeg(a) lakše lakšeg(a)
dative lakšem(u) lakšoj lakšem(u)
accusative inanimate
animate 		lakši
lakšeg(a) 		lakšu lakše
vocative lakši lakša lakše
locative lakšem(u) lakšoj lakšem(u)
instrumental lakšim lakšom lakšim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative lakši lakše lakša
genitive lakših lakših lakših
dative lakšim(a) lakšim(a) lakšim(a)
accusative lakše lakše lakša
vocative lakši lakše lakša
locative lakšim(a) lakšim(a) lakšim(a)
instrumental lakšim(a) lakšim(a) lakšim(a)
superlative forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative najlakši najlakša najlakše
genitive najlakšeg(a) najlakše najlakšeg(a)
dative najlakšem(u) najlakšoj najlakšem(u)
accusative inanimate
animate 		najlakši
najlakšeg(a) 		najlakšu najlakše
vocative najlakši najlakša najlakše
locative najlakšem(u) najlakšoj najlakšem(u)
instrumental najlakšim najlakšom najlakšim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative najlakši najlakše najlakša
genitive najlakših najlakših najlakših
dative najlakšim(a) najlakšim(a) najlakšim(a)
accusative najlakše najlakše najlakša
vocative najlakši najlakše najlakša
locative najlakšim(a) najlakšim(a) najlakšim(a)
instrumental najlakšim(a) najlakšim(a) najlakšim(a)
Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From German Lack, from Italian lacca.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

lȁk m (Cyrillic spelling ла̏к)

  1. lacquer
DeclensionEdit
Declension of lak
singular plural
nominative lak lakovi
genitive laka lakova
dative laku lakovima
accusative lak lakove
vocative laku lakovi
locative laku lakovima
instrumental lakom lakovima
Derived termsEdit


VolapükEdit

NounEdit

lak (nominative plural laks)

  1. lake

DeclensionEdit

declension of lak
singular plural
nominative lak laks
genitive laka lakas
dative lake lakes
accusative laki lakis
vocative 1 o lak! o laks!
predicative 2 laku lakus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

WalloonEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Latin lacus, from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”).

NounEdit

lak m (plural laks)

  1. lake
    Synonym: laetche
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