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)

1. ink
2. (figuratively) strong coffee

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

1. (Java) can

   Synonym: kaleng

Further reading

• “blek” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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)

1. pale

Derived terms

• likblek

Etymology 2

Verb

blek

1. imperative of bleke

References

• “blek” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Polabian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German blek

Noun

blek m inan

1. 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

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Adjective

blek (comparative blekare, superlative blekast)

1. pale (light in color)
2. livid, pallid, bleak
3. fictional, mendacious

Declension

Inflection of blek
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	blek	blekare	blekast
Neuter singular	blekt	blekare	blekast
Plural	bleka	blekare	blekast
Masculine plural3	bleke	blekare	blekast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	bleke	blekare	blekaste
All	bleka	blekare	blekaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Related terms

• bleka
• blekfet
• blekmedel
• blekna
• bleknad
• blekt

Verb

blek

1. imperative of bleka