blek

== Icelandic == === Etymology === A borrowing from Old English blæc (“ink”). Compare Danish blæk (“ink”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /plɛːk/ Rhymes: -ɛːk === Noun === blek n (genitive singular bleks, no plural) ink (figuratively) strong coffee ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “blek” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages) == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Javanese blek, from Dutch blik (“tin can”). Cognate to Japanese ブリキ (buriki, “tinplate”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /blɛk/ Hyphenation: blèk === Noun === blek (Java) can Synonym: kaleng === Further reading === “blek”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Manado Malay == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch blik (“tin can”), from Middle Dutch blic. === Noun === blek can === References === Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sulawesi Utara (2021), Kamus Dwibahasa Melayu Manado-Indonesia (in Indonesian), Manado: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sulawesi Utara == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse bleikr. ==== Alternative forms ==== bleik ==== Adjective ==== blek (neuter singular blekt, definite singular and plural bleke, comparative blekere, indefinite superlative blekest, definite superlative blekeste) pale ===== Derived terms ===== likblek === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== blek imperative of bleke === References === “blek” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Polabian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle Low German blek === Noun === blek m inan town, small city === References === Lehr-Spławiński, T.; Polański, K. (1962), “blek”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 1 (A – ďüzd), Wrocław; Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 37 Polański, Kazimierz; James Allen Sehnert (1967), “blek”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 36 Olesch, Reinhold (1962), “Bläk”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 58 == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse bleikr, from Proto-Germanic *blaikaz. Cognate with English bleak, Dutch bleek, Low German blek, German bleich, Danish bleg, Norwegian Bokmål bleik, blek, Norwegian Nynorsk bleik, Faroese bleikur, Icelandic bleikur. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === blek (comparative blekare, superlative blekast) pale (light in color) livid, pallid, bleak fictional, mendacious ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Verb === blek imperative of bleka