swak

See also: SWAK and swäk

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

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 (diminutive swack, feminine equivalent swakowka)

  1. (literary) brother-in-law

Declension

Synonyms

  • šwogor m (colloquial)

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *svojakъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sfak/

Noun

swak m pers

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

Declension

Synonyms

Further reading

  • swak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *swak, from Proto-Germanic *swakaz, 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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