blaka

See also: blakā and błąka

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • Homophone: blakað

Verb

blaka (third person singular past indicative blakaði, third person plural past indicative blakað, supine blakað)

  1. to throw
    Synonyms: kasta, syfta, tveita

Conjugation

Conjugation of blaka (group v-30)
infinitive blaka
supine blakað
participle (a6)1 blakandi blakaður
present past
first singular blaki blakaði
second singular blakar blakaði
third singular blakar blakaði
plural blaka blakaðu
imperative
singular blaka!
plural blakið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse blaka, from Proto-Germanic *blak, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₂- (to swing back and forth).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aːka

Verb

blaka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative blakaði, supine blakað)

  1. (transitive, governs the dative) to flap using something, to flutter using something
    blaka vængjunum.
    To flap one's wings.

Conjugation

Noun

blaka

  1. indefinite genitive plural of blak

Latvian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German blak, black, from Old Saxon *blak, from Proto-West Germanic *blak, from Proto-Germanic *blakaz, still mentioned in late 19th-century dictionaries, but since then replaced by another 19th-century borrowing, tinte.

Noun

blaka f (4th declension)

  1. (archaic) ink

Declension

Synonyms

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English black.

Adjective

blaka

  1. black

Verb

blaka

  1. blacken
  2. defame, rat on
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