vakar

Hungarian

Etymology

vak +‎ -ar

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈvɒkɒr]
  • Hyphenation: va‧kar

Verb

vakar

  1. (transitive) to scratch

Conjugation
conjugation of vakar
Infinitive vakarni
Past participle vakart
Present participle vakaró
Future participle vakarandó
Adverbial participle vakarva
Potential vakarhat
1st person sg 2nd person sg informal 3rd person sg,
2nd person sg formal		 1st person pl 2nd person pl informal 3rd person pl,
2nd person pl formal
Indicative mood Present Indefinite vakarok vakarsz vakar vakarunk vakartok vakarnak
Definite vakarom
én téged/titeket
vakarlak		 vakarod vakarja vakarjuk vakarjátok vakarják
Past Indefinite vakartam vakartál vakart vakartunk vakartatok vakartak
Definite vakartam
én téged/titeket
vakartalak		 vakartad vakarta vakartuk vakartátok vakarták
Conditional mood Present Indefinite vakarnék vakarnál vakarna vakarnánk vakarnátok vakarnának
Definite vakarnám
én téged/titeket
vakarnálak		 vakarnád vakarná vakarnánk vakarnátok vakarnák
Subjunctive mood Present Indefinite vakarjak vakarj
or
vakarjál		 vakarjon vakarjunk vakarjatok vakarjanak
Definite vakarjam
én téged/titeket
vakarjalak		 vakard
or
vakarjad		 vakarja vakarjuk vakarjátok vakarják
Conjugated infinitive vakarnom vakarnod vakarnia vakarnunk vakarnotok vakarniuk

Derived terms
  • vakarás

(With verbal prefixes):

Latvian

Etymology

Probably the adverbial form of an earlier (unattested) adjective, of which vakars (“night”) is the nominal form. The original meaning was probably “the previous night,” whence later “yesterday;” compare Russian вечер (véčer, “evening”), вчера (včerá, “yesterday”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [vakar]

Adverb

vakar

  1. yesterday (in the day before today)
    vakar bija slikts laiks ― yesterday the weather was bad
    vakar no rīta ― yesterday morning
    vakar vakarā ― yesterday evening
    “jaunkundze vakar vēlu pārnāca mājās?” “jā, aizgājām no kluba pie Ralfa spēlēt pokeru” ― “milady came back late yesterday?” “yes, I went from the club to Ralph's (place) to play poker”
  2. yesterday (in the, usually recent, past)
    funkcionāri šodien ir vienkāršāki, demokrātiskāki nekā vakar ― (public) officials are simpler, more democratic today than yesterday

Usage notes

Vakars as a noun, means “evening” (locative form vakarā “in the evening,” used also as a temporal adverb) while historically related vakar is an adverb, meaning “yesterday” (its nominal counterpart is vakardiena “(the day of) yesterday”).

Antonyms

Derived terms

References
  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “vakars”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Lithuanian

Etymology

From vakaras. Compare Russian вечер (večer) and вчера (včera).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʋaːkɐɾ]

Adverb

vãkar (not comparable)

  1. yesterday
    Vakar kur buvai?
    Where were you yesterday?

Derived terms

Swedish

Noun

vakar

  1. indefinite plural of vak

Verb

vakar

  1. present tense of vaka.
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