lak
EnglishEdit
AdverbEdit
lak (not comparable)
- Pronunciation spelling of like, representing African-American Vernacular English.
ConjunctionEdit
-
- 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
Related termsEdit
CzechEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French lacre (“sealing wax”), from Portuguese laca.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lak m inan
DeclensionEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- lak in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- lak in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lak c or n (singular definite lakken or lakket, plural indefinite lakker, plural definite lakkerne)
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
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)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
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 quote)
- 1859, "Wijsgeerig A. B. C.: H. Huisbaas", Humoristisch Album, H. Nijgh, page 59.
- 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)
Related termsEdit
Etymology 4Edit
From Middle Dutch lac, from Old Dutch *laka, from Proto-West Germanic *laku.
NounEdit
lak n (plural lakken)
AnagramsEdit
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *lakka (“cover, roof, shelter”).[1]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lak (plural lakok)
- (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] part 1, chapter 7. Translation: 1888 / 2010, by Mrs. Hegan Kennard, Timar's Two Worlds.[3]
- 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.
- 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.
- 1843, Sándor Petőfi, Távolból (From a Distance), poem lines 1–2 [1]
DeclensionEdit
See this reference site for the possessive declensions [4]
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 | — | — |
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 termsEdit
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Entry #451 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary. Internet Archive
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)
DeclensionEdit
VerbEdit
lak
- first/third-person singular past indicative of leka
- Vatnið lak úr vaskinum.
- The water leaked from the sink.
- Vatnið lak úr vaskinum.
LuoEdit
NounEdit
lak (plural lake)
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
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From German Lack, from Italian lacca, from Arabic لَكّ (lakk).
NounEdit
lak m inan
DeclensionEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From German Lack, from Latin leucoium.
NounEdit
lak m inan
- wallflower (any plant of the genus Erysimum)
DeclensionEdit
Etymology 3Edit
See the etymology of the main entry.
NounEdit
lak f
Derived termsEdit
- (adjective) lakowy
Further readingEdit
- lak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- lak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
RohingyaEdit
EtymologyEdit
NumeralEdit
lak
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)
DeclensionEdit
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 termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From German Lack, from Italian lacca.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lȁk m (Cyrillic spelling ла̏к)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
- (nail polish): lak za nokte
VolapükEdit
NounEdit
lak (nominative plural laks)
DeclensionEdit
WalloonEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin lacus, from Proto-Indo-European *lakw- (“lake, pool”).
NounEdit
lak m (plural laks)