vakar

== Hungarian == === Etymology === Perhaps from a bound root of unknown origin + -r (obsolete frequentative suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈvɒkɒr] Hyphenation: va‧kar Rhymes: -ɒr === Verb === vakar (transitive) to scratch ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== (With verbal prefixes): === References === === Further reading === vakar 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. == Latgalian == === Etymology === Cognate with Latvian vakar and Lithuanian vakar. Related to vokors (“night”), with the original meaning being similar to "the previous night". === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈvakàr] Hyphenation: va‧kar === Adverb === vakar yesterday ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Nicole Nau (2011), A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 112 == 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 ве́чер (véčer, “evening”), вчера́ (včerá, “yesterday”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [vakar] === Adverb === vakar 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” 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 ==== rīt ==== Derived terms ==== aizvakar vakardiena ==== Related terms ==== vakars === References === == Lithuanian == === Etymology === From vakaras. Compare Russian вечер (večer) and вчера (včera). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [²ˈʋɑːkɐr] Rhymes: -ɑːkɐr Syllabification: vã‧kar === Adverb === vãkar (not comparable) yesterday Vakar kur buvai? Where were you yesterday? ==== Derived terms ==== (adjective): vakarykštis (noun): vakardiena ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “vakar”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026 == Swedish == === Noun === vakar indefinite plural of vak === Verb === vakar present indicative of vaka