svak

Inherited from Old Czech svak.

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

svak m anim

1. (archaic) brother-in-law

   Synonym: švagr

• “svak”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “svak”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

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

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

1. weak
2. faint

   en svak lyd ― a faint sound

• en kjede er aldri sterkere enn sitt svakeste ledd
• svakhet

• svekke

• “svak” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

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

1. weak
2. faint

• svakheit

• svekke

• “svak” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Derived from Proto-Slavic *svojakъ.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈsʋak/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈsvak/

svak m pers

1. brother-in-law

• Czech: svak

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “svak”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

From earlier *svojakъ; compare svȏj.

• IPA^(key): /sʋâːk/

svȃk m anim (Cyrillic spelling сва̑к)

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

• IPA^(key): /sʋâk/

svȁk (Cyrillic spelling сва̏к)

1. everyone (alternative form of svȁtko/svȁko)

• IPA^(key): /sʋàːk/

svák m anim (female equivalent svákinja)

1. brother-in-law

• “svak”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025