wek

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋɛk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛk

Verb

wek

  1. inflection of wekken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Ishkashimi

Noun

wek

  1. water

References

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Several possibilities, which one is true is uncertain. Perhaps from ew + -ek (lit. "an it") or we + -ek (lit. "a so") or from "ew e ku" ("it is that") or from we + ku ("so that"). For the last two compare nek from ne ku ("unless"; lit. "not that"). Compare Central Kurdish وەکوو (wekû, as, like) which seems to rule out a few of these with the -û-, but it's possible it is loaned from Northern Kurdish. Dialectally used in the same way the -ek suffix is used (wekî, weke, weka, etc.).

Preposition

wek

  1. as
  2. similar to, resembling

Conjunction

wek

  1. while

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *waikwaz.

Adjective

wēk

  1. pliant
  2. weak

Declension

Positive forms of wēk
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative wēk wēk wēk wēke, wēka wēka wēk, wēka
accusative wēkan, wēken wēka wēk wēka, wēke wēka wēk, wēka
genitive wēkes, wēkas wēkara, wēkaro wēkes, wēkas wēkaro, wēkoro, wēkero wēkaro, wēkoro, wēkero wēkaro, wēkoro, wēkero
dative wēkumu, wēkum, wēkun, wēkun, wēkon, wēken, wēkan wēkaro, wēkaru, wēkara wēkumu, wēkum, wēkun, wēkun, wēkon, wēken, wēkan wēkun, wēkon, wēkum wēkun, wēkon wēkun, wēkon, wēkum
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative wēko, wēka wēka, wēke wēka, wēke wēkon, wēkun wēkon, wēkun, wēkan wēkon, wēkun
accusative wēkon, wēkan wēkun, wēkon, wēkan wēka, wēke wēkon, wēkun wēkon, wēkun, wēkan wēkon, wēkun
genitive wēken, wēkan wēkun, wēkan, wēken wēken, wēkan wēkono, wēkeno wēkono wēkono, wēkeno
dative wēkon, wēken, wēkan wēkun, wēkan wēkon, wēken, wēkan wēkon, wēkun wēkon, wēkun wēkon, wēkun

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛk/
  • Rhymes: -ɛk
  • Syllabification: wek

Noun

wek

  1. genitive plural of weka

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *wek, from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs (voice), from *wekʷ- (to utter, speak). Compare Tocharian A wak.

Noun

wek m

  1. voice, noise

See also