svak

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech svak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsvak]
  • Hyphenation: svak

Noun

svak m anim

  1. (archaic) brother-in-law
    Synonym: švagr

Declension

Further reading

  • svak in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • svak in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German swak, from Old Saxon *swak, from Proto-West Germanic *swak. Compare with German schwach.

Adjective

svak (neuter singular svakt, definite singular and plural svake, comparative svakere, indefinite superlative svakest, definite superlative svakeste)

  1. weak
  2. faint
    en svak lyda faint sound

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German swak, from Old Saxon *swak, from Proto-West Germanic *swak. Compare with German schwach.

Adjective

svak (neuter singular svakt, definite singular and plural svake, comparative svakare, indefinite superlative svakast, definite superlative svakaste)

  1. weak
  2. faint

Derived terms

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From earlier *svojakъ; compare svȏj.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʋâːk/

Noun

svȃk m (Cyrillic spelling сва̑к)

  1. brother-in-law (one's sister's husband)
  2. father-in-law (one's husband's father; svèkar)
Declension

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʋâk/

Pronoun

svȁk (Cyrillic spelling сва̏к)

  1. everyone (alternative form of svȁtko/svȁko)

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʋàːk/

Noun

svák m anim (female equivalent svákinja)

  1. brother-in-law

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing. svák
gen. sing. sváka
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
svák sváka sváki
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
sváka svákov svákov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
sváku svákoma svákom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
sváka sváka sváke
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
sváku svákih svákih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
svákom svákoma sváki

Further reading

  • svak”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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