lak
English edit
Adverb edit
lak (not comparable)
- Pronunciation spelling of like, representing African-American Vernacular English.
Conjunction edit
lak
- Pronunciation spelling of like, representing African-American Vernacular English.
Anagrams edit
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Albanian *laka (“bend, curve”). Cognate to Latin lax (“bait, lure, noose, slip”), laqueus (“cord, rope (as noose, slip)”).[1]
Noun edit
lak m
Related terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “lak”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 211
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Derived from French lacre (“sealing wax”), from Portuguese laca.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lak m inan
Declension edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lak c or n (singular definite lakken or lakket, plural indefinite lakker, plural definite lakkerne)
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
First occurring in the late 16th century. Probably borrowed from French laque, ultimately from Persian لاک (lâk), from Hindi लाख (lākh), from Sanskrit लाक्षा (lākṣā).
Noun edit
lak m or f or n (plural lakken, diminutive lakje n)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
lak m or n (uncountable)
- 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 quotation)
- 1859, "Wijsgeerig A. B. C.: H. Huisbaas", Humoristisch Album, H. Nijgh, page 59.
- indifference (only in lak hebben aan)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
From Middle Dutch lac, from Old Dutch *lak, from Proto-West Germanic *lak, from Proto-Germanic *laką, *lakaz, related to Proto-Germanic *lak(k)ōną (“to blame, reproach”), from Proto-Indo-European *lok-néh₂-. See also Old Norse lakr (“lacking”), English lack.
Noun edit
lak m or n (plural lakken)
Related terms edit
Etymology 4 edit
From Middle Dutch lac, from Old Dutch *laka, from Proto-West Germanic *laku.
Noun edit
lak n (plural lakken)
Anagrams edit
Hokkien edit
For pronunciation and definitions of lak – see 落 (“to fall; to drop; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 落). |
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *lakka (“cover, roof, shelter”), compare Finnish lakka and Estonian lakk.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lak (plural lakok)
- (archaic) habitation, abode, residence
- (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!
- A small house stands along the big Danube;
- 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.
- 1843, Sándor Petőfi, Távolból (From a Distance), poem lines 1–2 [1]
Declension edit
The possessive forms are now more common with j, those without it being archaic. See this reference site for the possessive declensions.
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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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 | lakul | — |
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 | ||
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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 terms edit
- lakberendezés, lakberendező
- lakbér
- lakcím
- lakház (archaic)
- lakhely
- lakosztály
- lakrész
- lakszoba (archaic)
- laktanya
- laktárs (archaic)
- lakváltoztatás (archaic)
- Abaújlak
- Acsalag (?< Acsa + lak)
- Alsóújlak
- Balatonszéplak
- Balatonújlak
- Csertalakos
- Farkaslaka
- Fertőszéplak
- Geresdlak
- Géderlak
- Illocska (< Újlak + -csa)
- Kacorlak
- Kaposújlak
- Kéttornyúlak
- Lak
- Lakhegy
- Magyarlak
- Mezőlak
- Mikosszéplak
- Nagylak
- Ormándlak
- Öreglak
- Pusztaottlaka
- Répcelak
- Rinyaújlak
- Stájerlakanina (< Stájerlak + Anina)
- Szamosújlak
- Szőlőskislak
- Tátraszéplak
- Vindornyalak
- Zalaújlak
- Zetelaka
- Zsáka (< Izsólaka)
- Zselickislak
References edit
- ^ Entry #451 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
Further reading edit
- lak 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
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse lak, borrowed from Middle Low German laken, from Old Saxon lakan, from Proto-Germanic *lakaną.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lak n (genitive singular laks, nominative plural lök)
Declension edit
Verb edit
lak
- first/third-person singular past indicative of leka
- Vatnið lak úr vaskinum.
- The water leaked from the sink.
Luo edit
Noun edit
lak (plural lake)
Narua edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Garo jak (“hand”).
Noun edit
lak
Derived terms edit
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from German Lack, from Italian lacca, from Arabic لَكّ (lakk).
Noun edit
lak m inan
Declension edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from German Lack, from Latin leucoium.
Noun edit
lak m inan
- wallflower (any plant of the genus Erysimum)
Declension edit
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
lak f
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Rohingya edit
Etymology edit
Numeral edit
lak
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьgъkъ, from pre-Slavic *h₁ln̥gʷʰ-u-ko, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
lȁk (definite lȁkī, comparative lȁkšī, Cyrillic spelling ла̏к)
Declension edit
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
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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) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
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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) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
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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) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
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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 terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From German Lack, from Italian lacca.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lȁk m (Cyrillic spelling ла̏к)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- (nail polish): lak za nokte
Swedish edit
Interjection edit
lak
- Alternative form of lakk
Tat edit
Etymology edit
Akin to the synonymous Judeo-Tat lok, Azerbaijani lək, Armenian լաք (lakʿ). See the Armenian entry for more.
Noun edit
lak
- bed (in a garden)
Further reading edit
- Грюнберг, А. Л. (1963) Язык североазербайджанских татов [The language of the North Azerbaijani Tats][4] (in Russian), Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 179a, 182b
- Soltanov, A. K.; Soltanov, M. C. (2013), “lak”, in Tati–türki, türki–tati lüğət, Baku: Qanun, page 108b
Tyap edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lak
Verb edit
lak
Volapük edit
Noun edit
lak (nominative plural laks)
Declension edit
Walloon edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin lacus, from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lak m (plural laks)