swak

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

swak (attributive swakke, comparative swakker, superlative swakste)

1. weak

• swakheid

From Proto-Slavic *svojakъ; cognate with Russian своя́к (svoják) and Serbo-Croatian svȃk.

• IPA^(key): [swak]

swak m anim (feminine swakowka, diminutive swack)

1. (literary) brother-in-law

• šwogor m (colloquial)

Clipping of swojak.

• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: swak

swak m pers

1. (Kuyavia) uncle

   Synonyms: stryj, wujek

2. (obsolete or dialectal, Kuyavia) sister's husband

   Synonym: szwagier

3. (obsolete) father of a son-in-law or daughter-in-law

   Synonym: swojak

• swak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Oskar Kolberg (1867) “swak”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 277

Onomatopoeic from a swish of basketball touching the net after scoring without touching the rim or the backboard.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈswak/ [ˈswak̚]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: swak

swak (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜏᜃ᜔)

1. (colloquial) suitable; fit; appropriate; proper (usually said as swak na swak)

   Synonyms: bagay, angkop, tama, ayos, agpang

• swak na swak

• “swak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

From Old Frisian *swak, from Proto-West Germanic *swak, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swe(n)g-.

• IPA^(key): /svak/

swak

1. weak

Inflection of swak
uninflected	swak
inflected	swakke
comparative	swakker
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		swak	swakker	it swakst it swakste
indefinite	c. sing.	swakke	swakkere	swakste
	n. sing.	swak	swakker	swakste
	plural	swakke	swakkere	swakste
definite		swakke	swakkere	swakste
partitive		swaks	swakkers	—

• “swak (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011