swak

See also: SWAK and swäk

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch zwak, from Middle Dutch swac, from Old Dutch *swak, from Proto-West Germanic *swak.

Adjective

swak (attributive swakke, comparative swakker, superlative swakste)

  1. weak

Derived terms
  • swakheid

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *svojakъ; cognate with Russian своя́к (svoják) and Serbo-Croatian svȃk.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [swak]

Noun

swak m pers (feminine swakowka, diminutive swack)

  1. (literary) brother-in-law

Declension
Declension of swak
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative swak swaka swaki
Genitive swaka swakowu swakow
Dative swakoju swakoma swakam
Accusative swaka swakowu swaki, swakow
Instrumental swakom swakoma swakami
Locative swaku swakoma swakach

Synonyms
  • šwogor m (colloquial)

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *svojakъ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sfak/
  • Rhymes: -ak
  • Syllabification: swak

Noun

swak m pers

  1. (obsolete) sister's husband
    Synonym: szwagier
  2. (obsolete) father of a son-in-law or daughter-in-law
    Synonym: swojak

Declension
Declension of swak
singular plural
nominative swak swakowie
genitive swaka swaków
dative swakowi swakom
accusative swaka swaków
instrumental swakiem swakami
locative swaku swakach
vocative swaku swakowie

Further reading
  • swak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Tagalog

Etymology

Onomatopoeic from a swish of basketball touching the net after scoring without touching the rim or the backboard.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈswak/, [ˈswɐk]

Adjective

swak (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜏᜃ᜔)

  1. (colloquial) suitable; fit; appropriate; proper (usually said as swak na swak)
    Synonyms: bagay, angkop, tama, ayos, agpang

Derived terms
  • swak na swak

References
  • “swak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *swak, from Proto-West Germanic *swak, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swe(n)g-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /svak/

Adjective

swak

  1. weak

Inflection
Inflection of swak
uninflected swak
inflected swakke
comparative swakker
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial swakswakkerit swakst
it swakste
indefinite c. sing. swakkeswakkereswakste
n. sing. swakswakkerswakste
plural swakkeswakkereswakste
definite swakkeswakkereswakste
partitive swaksswakkers—

Further reading
  • “swak (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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