mek

See also: MEK, -mek, and ΜΕΚ

Albanian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *mek-, from Proto-Indo-European *mek- (“to bleat”). Cognate to Lithuanian meknénti (“to bleat”). An onomatopoeic root[1].

Verb

mek (first-person singular past tense (u) mek, participle mekur)

  1. to bleat, stammer
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *maka, related to makë[2].

Verb

mek (first-person singular past tense meka, participle mekur)

  1. to wet
Derived terms

References
  1. Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.264
  2. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “mek”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 255

Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛk]
  • Hyphenation: mek

Interjection

mek

  1. bleat (the characteristic sound of a goat, can be used repetitively)
    • 2014, Brátán Erzsébet, Fannici és az elsüllyedt birodalom‎:
      Mek-mek-mek... Hát te meg ki vagy? - csodálkozott el a kecske.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

See also

Nalca

Noun

mek

  1. water
  2. river
  3. sea

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English make.

Verb

mek

  1. make

Potawatomi

Etymology

Cognate with Unami tëmakwe, Massachusett tummunk, Algonquin amik, Ojibwe amik, Cree amisk, Montagnais amishkᵘ.

Noun

mek (plural mekok)

  1. beaver

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mękъkъ. Compare to Slovene mêhek, Czech měkký and Russian мя́гкий (mjáxkij).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mêk/

Adjective

mȅk (definite mȅkī, comparative mȅkšī, Cyrillic spelling ме̏к)

  1. soft

Declension
positive indefinite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mek meka meko
genitive meka meke meka
dative meku mekoj meku
accusative inanimate
animate		 mek
meka		 meku meko
vocative mek meka meko
locative meku mekoj meku
instrumental mekim mekom mekim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative meki meke meka
genitive mekih mekih mekih
dative mekim(a) mekim(a) mekim(a)
accusative meke meke meka
vocative meki meke meka
locative mekim(a) mekim(a) mekim(a)
instrumental mekim(a) mekim(a) mekim(a)
positive definite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative meki meka meko
genitive mekog(a) meke mekog(a)
dative mekom(u/e) mekoj mekom(u/e)
accusative inanimate
animate		 meki
mekog(a)		 meku meko
vocative meki meka meko
locative mekom(e/u) mekoj mekom(e/u)
instrumental mekim mekom mekim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative meki meke meka
genitive mekih mekih mekih
dative mekim(a) mekim(a) mekim(a)
accusative meke meke meka
vocative meki meke meka
locative mekim(a) mekim(a) mekim(a)
instrumental mekim(a) mekim(a) mekim(a)
comparative forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mekši mekša mekše
genitive mekšeg(a) mekše mekšeg(a)
dative mekšem(u) mekšoj mekšem(u)
accusative inanimate
animate		 mekši
mekšeg(a)		 mekšu mekše
vocative mekši mekša mekše
locative mekšem(u) mekšoj mekšem(u)
instrumental mekšim mekšom mekšim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mekši mekše mekša
genitive mekših mekših mekših
dative mekšim(a) mekšim(a) mekšim(a)
accusative mekše mekše mekša
vocative mekši mekše mekša
locative mekšim(a) mekšim(a) mekšim(a)
instrumental mekšim(a) mekšim(a) mekšim(a)
superlative forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative najmekši najmekša najmekše
genitive najmekšeg(a) najmekše najmekšeg(a)
dative najmekšem(u) najmekšoj najmekšem(u)
accusative inanimate
animate		 najmekši
najmekšeg(a)		 najmekšu najmekše
vocative najmekši najmekša najmekše
locative najmekšem(u) najmekšoj najmekšem(u)
instrumental najmekšim najmekšom najmekšim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative najmekši najmekše najmekša
genitive najmekših najmekših najmekših
dative najmekšim(a) najmekšim(a) najmekšim(a)
accusative najmekše najmekše najmekša
vocative najmekši najmekše najmekša
locative najmekšim(a) najmekšim(a) najmekšim(a)
instrumental najmekšim(a) najmekšim(a) najmekšim(a)
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