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
• Hyphenation^(key): vek

Adverb

vek (not comparable) (colloquial)

1. Alternative form of veke.

Further reading

• “vek”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

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

• veik

Verb

vek

1. simple past of vike

References

• “vek” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “vek_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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

• vijȇk (Ijekavian)
• vȋk (Ikavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věkъ.

Noun

vȇk m (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

• dȍvēk / dȍvēka
• ȍdvēka
• ȕvēk
• vȅčan
• vȅčno

 

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈveːk/

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• 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