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vika

vika

Esperanto

Alternative forms

Adjective

vika (accusative singular vikan, plural vikaj, accusative plural vikajn)

  1. Wiccan

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse vika, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weig-, *weik- (to bend, wind, turn, yield).

Noun

vika f (genitive singular viku, plural vikur)

  1. week

Declension

Declension of vika
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vika vikan vikur vikurnar
accusative viku vikuna vikur vikurnar
dative viku vikuni vikum vikunum
genitive viku vikunnar vika vikanna

Finnish

(index vi)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʋikɑ]
  • Hyphenation: vi‧ka
  • Rhymes:

Etymology 1

Noun

vika

  1. flaw, malfunction, failure, problem
    Koneessa on vika.
    There is a malfunction in the machine.
    Kun hän näki vian, hän vain kohautti olkapäitään ja alkoi korjata sitä.
    When he saw the problem, he just shrugged and started fixing it.
  2. fault
    Se on sinun vikasi.
    It is your fault.
  3. stain or flaw in character
  4. wrong (adjective).
    Älä valita! Ruoassasi ei ole mitään vikaa.
    Stop complaining! There's nothing wrong with your food.
    Kännykässäni on jotain vikaa.
    Something is wrong with my cellphone.
Declension
Inflection of vika (Kotus type 9/kala, k- gradation)
nominative vika viat
genitive vian vikojen
partitive vikaa vikoja
illative vikaan vikoihin
singular plural
nominative vika viat
accusative nom. vika viat
gen. vian
genitive vian vikojen
vikainrare
partitive vikaa vikoja
inessive viassa vioissa
elative viasta vioista
illative vikaan vikoihin
adessive vialla vioilla
ablative vialta vioilta
allative vialle vioille
essive vikana vikoina
translative viaksi vioiksi
instructive vioin
abessive viatta vioitta
comitative vikoineen
Derived terms
  • viallinen
  • vikaantua
  • vikailmoitus
  • vikatilanne
  • vioittaa

Etymology 2

Colloquial form of viimeinen (last).

Adjective

vika

  1. (colloquial) the last
Declension
Inflection of vika (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative vika vikat
genitive vikan vikojen
partitive vikaa vikoja
illative vikaan vikoihin
singular plural
nominative vika vikat
accusative nom. vika vikat
gen. vikan
genitive vikan vikojen
vikainrare
partitive vikaa vikoja
inessive vikassa vikoissa
elative vikasta vikoista
illative vikaan vikoihin
adessive vikalla vikoilla
ablative vikalta vikoilta
allative vikalle vikoille
essive vikana vikoina
translative vikaksi vikoiksi
instructive vikoin
abessive vikatta vikoitta
comitative vikoineen

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vika, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weig-, *weik- (to bend, wind, turn, yield).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪːka/
  • Rhymes: -ɪːka

Noun

vika f (genitive singular viku, nominative plural vikur)

  1. week

Declension

Derived terms


Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

vika m, f

  1. definite feminine singular of vik

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

vika f

  1. definite singular of vik

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weig-, *weik- (to bend, wind, turn, yield).

Noun

vika f

  1. week

Descendants

  • Norwegian Bokmål: uke
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: veke
  • Swedish: vecka (Old Swedish: vika)

References

  • vika in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vika, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ.

Noun

vika f

  1. week
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Old Norse víkja, from Proto-Germanic *wīkwaną

Verb

vīka

  1. to move, to change direction
  2. to fold
  3. to retreat
  4. to yield
Declension

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Descendants

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋîka/
  • Hyphenation: vi‧ka

Noun

vȉka f (Cyrillic spelling ви̏ка)

  1. shouting, screaming

Declension


Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish vīka, from Old Norse víkja, víkva, from Proto-Germanic *wīkwaną.

The adverb in the phrase ge vika comes from Low German wike gewen, where the noun wike means eftergift, flykt.[1]

Pronunciation

Adverb

vika

  1. (in the expression: ge vika) to give in, to fold (under pressure), to give up

Verb

vika

  1. to fold
  2. (colloquial) to dedicate (time), to designate a period of time for a certain action
    Jag viker en dag åt mässan.
    I dedicate a day to (visiting) the expo.
  3. (colloquial) to dedicate, to set aside for a special person or a special use
    De här kakorna har jag vikt åt stackars Tom - rör dem inte!
    These cookies I have put aside for poor Tom - don't touch them!
  4. (reflexive) to give up, to give in (under pressure)
    Mona Sahlin viker sig inte i första taget.
    Mona Sahlin doesn't give up easily.
  5. (reflexive) to bend (by laughing too much)
    De skrattade så att de vek sig.
    they were rolling on the floor laughing.
  6. (reflexive) to sleep, to go to bed
    Jag går och viker mig.
    I'm going to bed.
vika ut
  1. (transitive) to unfold, to open a foldout
  2. (reflexive) to expose oneself as a (nude) centerfold, to appear (nude) in a magazine or online
    Ungdomar viker ut sig som aldrig förr.
    Youngsters expose themselves like never before.

Conjugation

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References

  1. Vika in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)