vek

See also: věk

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛk]

Noun

vek f

  1. genitive plural of veka

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋek/, [ˈʋe̞k]
  • Rhymes: -ek
  • Syllabification(key): vek
  • Hyphenation(key): vek

Adverb

vek (not comparable) (colloquial)

  1. alternative form of veke

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse veikr via Danish veg.

Adjective

vek (masculine and feminine vek, neuter vekt, definite singular and plural veke, comparative vekere, indefinite superlative vekest, definite superlative vekeste)

  1. alternative form of veik

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Verb

vek

  1. simple past of vike

References

Old Norse

Verb

vek

  1. inflection of vekja:
    1. first-person singular present active indicative
    2. second-person singular present active imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věkъ.

Noun

vȇk m inan (Cyrillic spelling ве̑к)

  1. century (100 years)
  2. a long period of time, especially historical; an era
  3. lifetime

Declension

Declension of vek
singular plural
nominative vȇk vȅkovi
genitive veka vekova
dative veku vekovima
accusative vek vekove
vocative veče vekovi
locative veku vekovima
instrumental vekom vekovima

Derived terms

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈveːk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eːk

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish vēker, from Old Norse veikr, from Proto-Germanic *waikwaz. Cognate with Norwegian veik, German weich and English weak.

Adjective

vek (comparative vekare, superlative vekast)

  1. weak
Declension
Inflection of vek
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular vek vekare vekast
neuter singular vekt vekare vekast
plural veka vekare vekast
masculine plural2 veke vekare vekast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 veke vekare vekaste
all veka vekare vekaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vek

  1. past indicative of vika

Talysh

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥tkás.

Noun

vek

  1. kidney

Tocharian B

Etymology

Cf. wek. Compare Tocharian A vak and Sanskrit वाक् (vāk) from वाच् (vāc).

Noun

vek ?

  1. voice