elak

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.lak/
• (Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): [e̞.läʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ

Verb

elak (Jawi spelling ايلق)

1. to avoid

   Synonyms: hindar, sisi

Further reading

• "elak" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish elaker, from e- (“always”) + *laker (from Old Norse lakr, cognate with English lack).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːˌlɑːk/, /ˈeːˌlak/

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Adjective

elak

1. mean, cruel, malicious
   • 1982, Lustans Lakejer, “Diamanter [Diamonds]”, in Diamanter / Sång om syrsor [Diamonds / Song about crickets]‎^[1]:

     Jag ska börja bli elak. Jag ska odla mitt hat. För om hatet är tillräckligt kallt, så ser man världen så klart. Och jag ska skapa intriger. Jag ska inte gå att lita på. För om dom vet att jag går bakom deras rygg, så känner dom sig så små.

     I'm going to [shall] start being mean. I'm going to cultivate my hatred. For if the hatred is cold enough, you see the world so clearly. And I will create intrigue [intrigues]. I will not be able to trust. For if they know that I go behind their backs [back], they feel so small.

Inflection

Inflection of elak

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	elak	elakare	elakast
neuter singular	elakt	elakare	elakast
plural	elaka	elakare	elakast
masculine plural2	elake	elakare	elakast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	elake	elakare	elakaste
all	elaka	elakare	elakaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

• elakartad
• elakhet

See also

• grym

References

• “elak”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “elak”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “elak”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• elak in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• kela, lake, leka

Uzbek

Other scripts

Arabic	Afghan Uzbek
	Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic		элак
Latin

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *elgek (“sieve”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: e‧lak

Noun

elak (plural elaklar)

1. sieve

Declension

Declension of elak

	singular	plural
nominative	elak	elaklar
genitive	elakning	elaklarning
dative	elakka	elaklarga
definite accusative	elakni	elaklarni
locative	elakda	elaklarda
ablative	elakdan	elaklardan
similative	elakdek	elaklardek

Possessive forms of elak

1st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	elakim	elaklarim
genitive	elakimning	elaklarimning
dative	elakimga	elaklarimga
definite accusative	elakimni	elaklarimni
locative	elakimda	elaklarimda
ablative	elakimdan	elaklarimdan
similative	elakimdek	elaklarimdek
2nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	elaking	elaklaring
genitive	elakingning	elaklaringning
dative	elakingga	elaklaringga
definite accusative	elakingni	elaklaringni
locative	elakingda	elaklaringda
ablative	elakingdan	elaklaringdan
similative	elakingdek	elaklaringdek
3rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	elaki	elaklari
genitive	elakining	elaklarining
dative	elakiga	elaklariga
definite accusative	elakini	elaklarini
locative	elakida	elaklarida
ablative	elakidan	elaklaridan
similative	elakidek	elaklaridek
1st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	elakimiz	elaklarimiz
genitive	elakimizning	elaklarimizning
dative	elakimizga	elaklarimizga
definite accusative	elakimizni	elaklarimizni
locative	elakimizda	elaklarimizda
ablative	elakimizdan	elaklarimizdan
similative	elakimizdek	elaklarimizdek
2nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	elakingiz	elaklaringiz
genitive	elakingizning	elaklaringizning
dative	elakingizga	elaklaringizga
definite accusative	elakingizni	elaklaringizni
locative	elakingizda	elaklaringizda
ablative	elakingizdan	elaklaringizdan
similative	elakingizdek	elaklaringizdek
3rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	elaki	elaklari
genitive	elakining	elaklarining
dative	elakiga	elaklariga
definite accusative	elakini	elaklarini
locative	elakida	elaklarida
ablative	elakidan	elaklaridan
similative	elakidek	elaklaridek

Further reading

• “elak“ in izoh.uz