elak
Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.lak/
- (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [e̞.läʔ]
- Rhymes: -aʔ
Further reading
- “elak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish elaker, from e- (“always”) + *laker (from Old Norse lakr, cognate with English lack).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeːˌlɑːk/, /ˈeːˌlak/
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Adjective
elak
- mean, cruel, malicious
- 1982, Lustans Lakejer (lyrics and music), “Diamanter är en flickas bästa vän [Diamonds are a girl's best friend]”, in Diamanter / Sång om syrsor [Diamonds / Song about crickets]:
- Jag ska börja bli elak. Jag ska odla mitt hat. För om hatet är tillräckligt kallt, så ser man världen så klart. Och jag ska skapa intriger. Jag ska inte gå att lita på. För om dom vet att jag går bakom deras rygg, så känner dom sig så små.
- I'm going to [shall] start being mean. I'm going to cultivate my hatred. Because if the hatred is cold enough, you see the world so clearly. And I will create intrigue [intrigues]. I will not be able to trust. Because if they know that I go behind their backs [back], they feel so small.
Inflection
| Inflection of elak | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | elak | elakare | elakast |
| Neuter singular | elakt | elakare | elakast |
| Plural | elaka | elakare | elakast |
| Masculine plural3 | elake | elakare | elakast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | elake | elakare | elakaste |
| All | elaka | elakare | elakaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
See also
References
- elak in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- elak in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- elak in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- elak in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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