vasks

Danish

Noun

vasks c

1. indefinite genitive singular of vask

Icelandic

Noun

vasks

1. indefinite genitive singular of vaskur

Latvian

Bišu vasks

Augu vasks

Vaska svece

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *waksa (with metathesis, *waska-s), from Proto-Indo-European *wokso- (“wax”), from the stem *weg- (“to weave”) (< *aw-eg). The original meaning was thus “woven, fabric-like” (i.e., cells, honeycomb). Cognates include Lithuanian vãškas, Old Church Slavonic воскъ (voskŭ), Russian воск (vosk), Belarusian воск (vosk), Ukrainian віск (visk), Bulgarian во́сък (vósǎk), Czech vosk, Polish wosk, Proto-Germanic *wahsa- (Old High German wahs, Old English wæx, German Wachs, English wax).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vasks]

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Noun

vasks m (1st declension)

1. wax (an oily, water-resistant substance)

   grīdas vasks ― floor wax

   vaska sveces ― wax candles, tapers

   sintētiskais vasks ― synthetic wax

   augu vaski ― plant waxes

   dzīvnieku vaski ― animal waxes

   bišu vasks ― beeswax

   vaska figūra ― wax figure

   kausēt vasku ― to melt wax

   mīksts kā vasks ― soft as wax

Declension

Declension of vasks (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	vasks	vaski
accusative (akuzatīvs)	vasku	vaskus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	vaska	vasku
dative (datīvs)	vaskam	vaskiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	vasku	vaskiem
locative (lokatīvs)	vaskā	vaskos
vocative (vokatīvs)	vask	vaski