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]- “lak”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “lak”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “lak”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
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]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Norse lak, borrowed from Middle Low German laken, from Old Saxon lakan, from Proto-Germanic *lakaną.
Noun
[edit]lak n (genitive singular laks, nominative plural lök)
Declension
[edit]Etymology 2
[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]- lak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- lak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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 (Cyrillic spelling ла̏к, definite lȁkī, comparative lȁkšī)
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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 (lakʻ). 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 [Tat–Azerbaijani, Azerbaijani–Tat Dictionary][5], 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)
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- hu:Buildings
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