näsäk

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from French un insecte (cf. IPA^(key): /œ̃.n‿ɛ̃.sɛkt/), from Latin īnsectum (“insect”), from Latin īnsectus (“cut into, cut up, with a notched or divided body”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɛ.ˈsɛk]

Noun

näsäk (nominative plural näsäks)

1. insect

Declension

declension of näsäk

	singular	plural
nominative	näsäk	näsäks
genitive	näsäka	näsäkas
dative	näsäke	näsäkes
accusative	näsäki	näsäkis
vocative 1	o näsäk!	o näsäks!
predicative 2	näsäku	näsäkus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Synonyms

• sök (obsolete, Original Volapük or Old Volapük)

Derived terms

• näsäkav