vak

Inherited from Dutch vak.

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vak (plural vakke)

1. subject

Of uncertain origin.^[1] Compare Old Norse vókr (“wet”).

vak

1. (transitive) to warm

• vakësirë

• vakët

• “vak”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• Newmark, L. (1999) “vak”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]

From Latin vacuus.

vak

1. vacant

Back-formation from váček, reinterpreted as a diminutive with the suffix -ek, while it actually originated in Middle High German wātsac.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈvak]

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vak m inan

1. bag

   Synonym: torba

2. pouch (cheek pocket in which some animals carry food)

   Synonym: torba

3. pouch (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young)

• “vak”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “vak”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “vak”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

From Middle Dutch vac, from Old Dutch *fak, from Proto-West Germanic *fak, from Proto-Germanic *faką. In some of the contemporary senses probably influenced by cognate German Fach.

• IPA^(key): /vɑk/

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• Rhymes: -ɑk

vak n (plural vakken, diminutive vakje n)

1. a compartment (e.g. a shelf, a section)
2. a subject, discipline, class, notably in education
3. a profession
4. a trade, craft

• Afrikaans: vak
• → Indonesian: vak

Of unknown origin.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒk]
• Hyphenation: vak
• Rhymes: -ɒk

vak (comparative vakabb, superlative legvakabb)

1. blind

   Synonym: világtalan

   Antonym: látó

• vak in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

From Dutch vak, from Middle Dutch vac.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvaʔ]
• Hyphenation: vak

vak

1. subject (in school)

   Synonyms: mata kuliah, mata pelajaran

2. profession
3. trade, craft

   Synonym: kejuruan

• “vak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• vacque (Guernsey)
• vaque (continental Normandy, Jersey)

vak f (plural vaks)

1. (Sark) cow

From the verb vaka.

vak n (definite singular vaket, indefinite plural vak, definite plural vaka)

1. (fishing) fish skipping, jumping (or similar) at the surface of the water
2. ring(s) in the surface of the water after fish having jumped, skipped or similar

   vak i vak bortover vatnet

3. (fishing) a net
4. (fishing) shoal of fish close to the surface

From Old Norse vakr, from Proto-Germanic *wakraz.

vak (neuter vakt, definite singular and plural vake, comparative vakare, indefinite superlative vakast, definite superlative vakaste)

1. awake, lively
2. watchful

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

vak

1. imperative of vaka

• “vak” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Norse vǫk.

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vak c

1. a (natural or cut) opening in an ice cover, a hole in the ice

   Synonym: isvak

   hugga upp en vak

   cut a hole in the ice

   1. a polynya

• råk

vak (definite (rarely) vaket)

1. vigil, watching (especially over someone sick or dying)

• nattvak

• vak in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vak in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vak in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Cf. wak. Compare Tocharian B vek.

vak

1. voice

vak (definite accusative vakı, plural vaklar)

1. quacking sound