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Rok

Rok

See also: rok, ROK, rök, and rǫk

Saterland Frisian

Noun

Rok m

  1. skirt

rok

rok

See also: ROK, Rok, rök, and rǫk

English

Noun

rok (plural roks)

  1. Alternative form of roc

Breton

Adjective

rok

  1. arrogant
  2. hard

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rokъ. Cognate with Slovak rok, Polish rok, Old Church Slavonic рокъ (rokŭ), Russian срок (srok), Ukrainian рік (rik) and Serbo-Croatian rȍk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rok/

Noun

rok m, inanimate

  1. year, the time it takes a planetary body to complete one revolution around a star
  2. (sciences) year, exactly 365.25 days
  3. year, a period between set dates that denotes a year2
  4. year, a scheduled part of a year2 spent in a given activity

Declension

Synonyms

  • (365.25 days): léto
  • (period between set dates): kalendářní rok

Derived terms


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɔk/
  • Rhymes: -ɔk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch roc, from Old Dutch rok, from Proto-Germanic *rukkaz.

Noun

rok m (plural rokken, diminutive rokje n)

  1. skirt (clothing)

Etymology 2

Noun

rok m (plural rokken, diminutive rokje n)

  1. Alternative form of rokken

Finnish

Noun

rok

  1. roc (mythical bird)

Declension

Inflection of rok (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative rok rokit
genitive rokin rokien
partitive rokia rokeja
illative rokiin rokeihin
singular plural
nominative rok rokit
accusative nom. rok rokit
gen. rokin
genitive rokin rokien
partitive rokia rokeja
inessive rokissa rokeissa
elative rokista rokeista
illative rokiin rokeihin
adessive rokilla rokeilla
ablative rokilta rokeilta
allative rokille rokeille
essive rokina rokeina
translative rokiksi rokeiksi
instructive rokein
abessive rokitta rokeitta
comitative rokeineen

Usage notes

  • Often used in the form rok-lintu ("roc-bird").

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɔːk/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːk

Noun

rok n (genitive singular roks, nominative plural rok)

  1. storm, whole gale

Declension


Latvian

Verb

rok

  1. 3rd person singular present indicative form of rakt
  2. 3rd person plural present indicative form of rakt
  3. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of rakt
  4. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of rakt

Lojban

Rafsi

rok

  1. rafsi of rokci.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *raukiz, whence also Old English rēc, Old Frisian rēk, Old Dutch rouc, Old High German rouh, Old Norse reykr.

Noun

rōk m

  1. smoke

Descendants

  • Middle Low German: rōk
    • Low German: Röök

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rokъ.[1] Cognate with Russian срок (srok), Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Serbian, Slovak and Slovene rok.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rɔk]

Noun

rok m inan

  1. year
    w zeszłym roku - last year
    w przyszłym roku - next year

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. 1 2 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ISBN 978 90 04 15504 6, page 438

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *rokъ. Cognate with Russian срок (srok) and Polish rok.

Noun

rȍk m (Cyrillic spelling ро̏к)

  1. deadline
  2. term, date (period during which something ought to be performed or completed)
Declension

Etymology 2

From English rock.

Noun

rȍk m (Cyrillic spelling ро̏к)

  1. (uninflected) rock and roll

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rokъ. Cognate with Russian срок (srok), Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Polish, Serbian and Slovene rok.

Noun

rok m (nominative plural roky, declension pattern of dub)

  1. year
    Nový rok New Year’s Day
    roku Pána anno Domini

Declension

Derived terms