blek

Icelandic

Etymology

A borrowing from Old English blæc (ink). Compare Danish blæk (ink).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plɛːk/
    Rhymes: -ɛːk

Noun

blek n (genitive singular bleks, no plural)

  1. ink
  2. (figuratively) strong coffee

Declension

Further reading

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese blek, from Dutch blik (tin can). Cognate to Japanese ブリキ (buriki, tinplate).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blɛk/
  • Hyphenation: blèk

Noun

blek

  1. (Java) can
    Synonym: kaleng

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bleikr.

Alternative forms

Adjective

blek (neuter singular blekt, definite singular and plural bleke, comparative blekere, indefinite superlative blekest, definite superlative blekeste)

  1. pale
Derived terms

Verb

blek

  1. imperative of bleke

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse bleikr, from Proto-Germanic *blaikaz.

Cognate with English bleak, Dutch bleek, Low German blek, German bleich, Danish bleg, Norwegian Bokmål bleik, blek, Norwegian Nynorsk bleik, Faroese bleikur, Icelandic bleikur.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

blek (comparative blekare, superlative blekast)

  1. pale (light in color)
  2. livid, pallid, bleak
  3. fictional, mendacious

Declension

Inflection of blek
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular blek blekare blekast
Neuter singular blekt blekare blekast
Plural bleka blekare blekast
Masculine plural3 bleke blekare blekast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 bleke blekare blekaste
All bleka blekare blekaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Verb

blek

  1. imperative of bleka
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