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Translingual

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Symbol

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lak

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Laka.

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English

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Adverb

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lak (not comparable)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of like, representing African-American Vernacular English.

Conjunction

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lak

  1. Pronunciation spelling of like, representing African-American Vernacular English.

Anagrams

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Afar

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Etymology

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Cognates include Somali lug, Oromo luka, Sidamo lekka and Saho lak.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlak/ [ˈlʌʰk]
  • Hyphenation: lak

Noun

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lák m (plural lakitté f or lakwá f)

  1. leg

Declension

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        Declension of lák      
absolutive lák
predicative láka
subjective lák
genitive laktí
  Postpositioned forms
l-case lákal
k-case lákak
t-case lákat
h-case lákah

Derived terms

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References

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  • E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “lak”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 154
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 375

Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *laka (“bend, curve”). Cognate to Latin lax (“bait, lure, noose, slip”), laqueus (“cord, rope (as noose, slip)”).[1]

Noun

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lak m (plural leqe, definite laku, definite plural leqet)

  1. chain (trap for wild animals)
  2. snare
  3. rope
  4. bow (of a musical instrument)
  5. mountain pass
  6. bend
  7. curve
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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “lak”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 211

Further reading

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  • “lak”, in FMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026

Czech

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Portuguese laca
French lacreder.
Czech lak

    Derived from French lacre (“sealing wax”), from Portuguese laca.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [ˈlak]
    • Hyphenation: lak
    • Rhymes: -ak

    Noun

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    lak m inan

    1. lacquer

    Declension

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    Declension of lak (velar masculine inanimate)
    singular plural
    nominative lak laky
    genitive laku laků
    dative laku lakům
    accusative lak laky
    vocative laku laky
    locative laku lacích
    instrumental lakem laky
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    Danish

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    Etymology

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    From German Lack.

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    lak c or n (singular definite lakken or lakket, plural indefinite lakker, plural definite lakkerne)

    1. lacquer

    Dutch

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /lɑk/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Hyphenation: lak
    • Rhymes: -ɑk

    Etymology 1

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    First occurring in the late 16th century. Probably borrowed from French laque, ultimately from Persian لاک (lâk), from Hindi लाख (lākh), from Sanskrit लाक्षा (lākṣā).

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    lak m or f or n (plural lakken, diminutive lakje n)

    1. lacquer
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    Descendants
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    • → Indonesian: lak
    • → Papiamentu: lak, láker (dated)

    Etymology 2

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    Noun

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    lak m or n (uncountable, no diminutive)

    1. foolery, foolishness, nonsense
      • 1859, "Wijsgeerig A. B. C.: H. Huisbaas", Humoristisch Album, H. Nijgh, page 59.
        […] Wie om reparatie malen / Heeft hij spoedig in zijn zak; / Zelf zal hij er niet naar talen -- / Wat hij toezegt is slechts lak; / Er is niets van hem te halen, / Zelfs al zat men zonder dak.
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    2. indifference (only in lak hebben aan)
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    Etymology 3

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    From Middle Dutch lac, from Old Dutch *lak, from Proto-West Germanic *lak, from Proto-Germanic *laką, *lakaz, related to Proto-Germanic *lak(k)ōną (“to blame, reproach”), from Proto-Indo-European *lok-néh₂-. See also Old Norse lakr (“lacking”), English lack.

    Noun

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    lak m or n (plural lakken, no diminutive)

    1. (dialectal) defect, deficiency, shortcoming, blame, blemish
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    Etymology 4

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    From Middle Dutch lac, from Old Dutch *laka, from Proto-West Germanic *laku.

    Noun

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    lak n (plural lakken, no diminutive)

    1. (archaic) lake
      Synonym: meer

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    Faroese

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    Etymology

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    From Old Norse lak.

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    Noun

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    lak n (genitive singular lak)

    1. sheet

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    n5 singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative lak lakið løk løkini
    accusative lak lakið løk løkini
    dative laki lakinum løkum løkunum
    genitive laks laksins laka lakanna

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    Guianese Creole

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    Etymology

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    From French lac.

    Noun

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    lak

    1. lake

    References

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    • Barthelemi, Georges (1995), Dictionnaire pratique créole guyanais - français [Practical Guianese Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Cayenne: Ibis Rouge Éditions, →ISBN, page 123

    Hokkien

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    For pronunciation and definitions of lak – see 落 (“to fall; to drop; etc.”).
    (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 落).

    Hungarian

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Finno-Ugric *lakka (“cover, roof, shelter”), compare Finnish lakka and Estonian lakk.[1]

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    Noun

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    lak (plural lakok)

    1. (archaic) habitation, abode, residence
    2. (poetic) dwelling
      • 1843, Sándor Petőfi, Távolból (From a Distance), poem lines 1–2 [2]
        Kis lak áll a nagy Duna mentében;
        Oh mi drága e lakocska nékem!
        A small house stands along the big Danube;
        Oh how dear this tiny house is to me!
      • 1872, Mór Jókai, Az arany ember[3] (Timar’s Two Worlds),[4] part 1, chapter 7, translated by Mrs. Hegan Kennard:
        Timár a rejtett tanya felé irányozta lépteit. A virágoskerten keresztül már látszott valami út, mely a lakhoz vezet, csakhogy azt is úgy belepte a fű, hogy a rajta járó lépése nem okozott dobajt; egész nesztelenül juthatott el a kis verandáig.
        Timar turned his steps toward the creeper-covered cottage. Through the flower-garden a path led to the house, but so covered with grass that his steps were not heard, and he could thus get as far as the little veranda quite noiselessly.

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    The possessive forms are now more common with j, those without it being archaic. See this reference site for the possessive declensions.

    Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
    singular plural
    nominative lak lakok
    accusative lakot lakokat
    dative laknak lakoknak
    instrumental lakkal lakokkal
    causal-final lakért lakokért
    translative lakká lakokká
    terminative lakig lakokig
    essive-formal lakként lakokként
    essive-modal lakul —
    inessive lakban lakokban
    superessive lakon lakokon
    adessive laknál lakoknál
    illative lakba lakokba
    sublative lakra lakokra
    allative lakhoz lakokhoz
    elative lakból lakokból
    delative lakról lakokról
    ablative laktól lakoktól
    non-attributive
    possessive – singular     		laké lakoké
    non-attributive
    possessive – plural     		lakéi lakokéi
    Possessive forms of lak
    possessor single possession multiple possessions
    1st person sing. lakom lakaim, lakjaim
    2nd person sing. lakod lakaid, lakjaid
    3rd person sing. laka, lakja lakai, lakjai
    1st person plural lakunk lakaink, lakjaink
    2nd person plural lakotok lakaitok, lakjaitok
    3rd person plural lakuk, lakjuk lakaik, lakjaik

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    Compound words with this term at the beginning
    Compound words with this term at the end
    Geographical proper nouns

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    1. ^ Entry #451 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

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    • lak in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

    Icelandic

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    Etymology 1

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    From Old Norse lak, borrowed from Middle Low German laken, from Old Saxon lakan, from Proto-Germanic *lakaną.

    Noun

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    lak n (genitive singular laks, nominative plural lök)

    1. sheet, bedsheet
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    Declension of lak (neuter)
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative lak lakið lök lökin
    accusative lak lakið lök lökin
    dative laki lakinu lökum lökunum
    genitive laks laksins laka lakanna

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    Verb

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    lak

    1. first/third-person singular past indicative of leka
      Vatnið lak úr vaskinum.
      The water leaked from the sink.

    Indonesian

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    Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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      Borrowed from Dutch lak (“lacquer”).

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      lak (plural lak-lak)

      1. lacquer
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      Internationalism

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      lak (plural lak-lak)

      1. (zoology) Kerria lacca
      2. inorganic substances that absorb color

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      Luo

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      Noun

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      lak (plural lake)

      1. tooth

      Malay

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      Etymology

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      Clipping of pulak.

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      lak

      1. (colloquial) alternative form of pula.

      References

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      • Hoogervorst, Tom (2015), “Malay youth language in West Malaysia”, in NUSA‎[5], volume 58, number 3, →DOI, archived from the original on 26 April 2025, page 29

      Narua

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      Etymology

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      Cognate with Garo jak (“hand”).

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      lak

      1. hand

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      Norwegian Nynorsk

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      Verb

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      lak

      1. past tense of leka (“leak, drip”)

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      Verb

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      lak

      1. Latin script form of លក៑ (“to sell”)

      Polish

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      Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia pl

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        Borrowed from German Lack.

        Noun

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        lak m inan

        1. sealing wax
        2. dental sealant
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        Declension of lak
        singular plural
        nominative lak laki
        genitive laku laków
        dative lakowi lakom
        accusative lak laki
        instrumental lakiem lakami
        locative laku lakach
        vocative laku laki

        Etymology 2

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          Borrowed from German Lack.

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          lak m inan

          1. wallflower (any plant of the genus Erysimum)
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          Declension of lak
          singular plural
          nominative lak laki
          genitive laku laków
          dative lakowi lakom
          accusative lak laki
          instrumental lakiem lakami
          locative laku lakach
          vocative laku laki

          Etymology 3

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            See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

            Noun

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            lak f

            1. genitive plural of laka
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            adjective

            Further reading

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            • “lak”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[6] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
            • “lak”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[7] (in Polish)

            Rohingya

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            Etymology

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            From Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa).

            Numeral

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            lak

            1. hundred thousand

            Serbo-Croatian

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            Etymology 1

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            Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьgъkъ, from pre-Slavic *h₁ln̥gʷʰ-u-ko, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-. First attested in the 15th century.

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            lȁk (Cyrillic spelling ла̏к, definite lȁkī, comparative lȁkšī)

            1. easy
            2. light
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            positive indefinite forms
            singular masculine feminine neuter
            nominative lak laka lako
            genitive laka lake laka
            dative laku lakoj laku
            accusative inanimate
            animate             		lak
            laka                         		laku lako
            vocative lak laka lako
            locative laku lakoj laku
            instrumental lakim lakom lakim
            plural masculine feminine neuter
            nominative laki lake laka
            genitive lakih lakih lakih
            dative lakim(a) lakim(a) lakim(a)
            accusative lake lake laka
            vocative laki lake laka
            locative lakim(a) lakim(a) lakim(a)
            instrumental lakim(a) lakim(a) lakim(a)
            positive definite forms
            singular masculine feminine neuter
            nominative laki laka lako
            genitive lakog(a) lake lakog(a)
            dative lakom(u/e) lakoj lakom(u/e)
            accusative inanimate
            animate             		laki
            lakog(a)                         		laku lako
            vocative laki laka lako
            locative lakom(e/u) lakoj lakom(e/u)
            instrumental lakim lakom lakim
            plural masculine feminine neuter
            nominative laki lake laka
            genitive lakih lakih lakih
            dative lakim(a) lakim(a) lakim(a)
            accusative lake lake laka
            vocative laki lake laka
            locative lakim(a) lakim(a) lakim(a)
            instrumental lakim(a) lakim(a) lakim(a)
            comparative forms
            singular masculine feminine neuter
            nominative lakši lakša lakše
            genitive lakšeg(a) lakše lakšeg(a)
            dative lakšem(u) lakšoj lakšem(u)
            accusative inanimate
            animate             		lakši
            lakšeg(a)                         		lakšu lakše
            vocative lakši lakša lakše
            locative lakšem(u) lakšoj lakšem(u)
            instrumental lakšim lakšom lakšim
            plural masculine feminine neuter
            nominative lakši lakše lakša
            genitive lakših lakših lakših
            dative lakšim(a) lakšim(a) lakšim(a)
            accusative lakše lakše lakša
            vocative lakši lakše lakša
            locative lakšim(a) lakšim(a) lakšim(a)
            instrumental lakšim(a) lakšim(a) lakšim(a)
            superlative forms
            singular masculine feminine neuter
            nominative najlakši najlakša najlakše
            genitive najlakšeg(a) najlakše najlakšeg(a)
            dative najlakšem(u) najlakšoj najlakšem(u)
            accusative inanimate
            animate             		najlakši
            najlakšeg(a)                         		najlakšu najlakše
            vocative najlakši najlakša najlakše
            locative najlakšem(u) najlakšoj najlakšem(u)
            instrumental najlakšim najlakšom najlakšim
            plural masculine feminine neuter
            nominative najlakši najlakše najlakša
            genitive najlakših najlakših najlakših
            dative najlakšim(a) najlakšim(a) najlakšim(a)
            accusative najlakše najlakše najlakša
            vocative najlakši najlakše najlakša
            locative najlakšim(a) najlakšim(a) najlakšim(a)
            instrumental najlakšim(a) najlakšim(a) najlakšim(a)
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            Further reading

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            • “lak”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

            Etymology 2

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            Borrowed from German Lack.

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            Noun

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            lȁk m inan (Cyrillic spelling ла̏к)

            1. lacquer
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            Declension of lak
            singular plural
            nominative lak lakovi
            genitive laka lakova
            dative laku lakovima
            accusative lak lakove
            vocative laku lakovi
            locative laku lakovima
            instrumental lakom lakovima
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            Further reading

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            • “lak”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

            Swedish

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            Interjection

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            lak

            1. alternative form of lakk

            Tat

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            Etymology

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            Akin to the synonymous Judeo-Tat lok, Azerbaijani lək, Armenian լաք (lakʻ). See the Armenian entry for more.

            Noun

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            lak

            1. bed (in a garden)

            Further reading

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            • Грюнберг, А. Л. (1963), Язык североазербайджанских татов [The language of the North Azerbaijani Tats]‎[8] (in Russian), Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 179a, 182b
            • Soltanov, A. K.; Soltanov, M. C. (2013), “lak”, in Tati–türki, türki–tati lüğət [Tat–Azerbaijani, Azerbaijani–Tat Dictionary]‎[9], Baku: Qanun, page 108b

            Tyap

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            Noun

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            lak

            1. refusal

            Verb

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            lak

            1. refuse

            Volapük

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            Noun

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            lak (genitive laka, plural laks)

            1. lake

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            Declension of lak
            Singular Plural
            Nominative lak laks
            Genitive laka lakas
            Dative lake lakes
            Accusative laki lakis
            Predicative1 laku lakus
            Vocative o lak o laks
            1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

            Walloon

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            Etymology

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            Inherited from Latin lacus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”).

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            Noun

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            lak m (plural laks)

            1. lake
              Synonym: laetche
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