English

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Noun

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pak (plural paks)

  1. (marketing) Deliberate misspelling of pack.

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Albanian

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Etymology 1

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Variant of mpak (to paralyze, to be shocked) (m +‎ pak).

Connected to pikë (drop). Which is used in metaphorical curses (directed at enemies or people that speak out what should've stay unspoken); cf. " rëntë pika" (optative: 'may the sun spot fall upon to you') - wishing a person paralysis or even worse, immediate death caused by cerebral hemorrhage. Similar to English "drop dead".

Verb

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pak (aorist paka, participle pakur)

  1. to paralyze, pass out, appall, mortify (not being able to see, speak or move)
  2. to be shocked (because of bad, devastating news; tragic cases like death of a family member or friend)
    E pakën vuajtjet.
    The sufferings paralyzed (her/him).
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Derived terms
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  • pakt (fainted, unconscious.) (Gheg) [1]

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Etymology 2

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Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin paucus (few, little).

Determiner

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pak

  1. few

Adverb

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pak

  1. few, little
  2. a little, a bit
    Kuptoj pak shqip.
    I speak a little Albanian.
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Further reading

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  • [1] verb: pak (engl.: 'paralyze') - aorist: paka, participle pakur • "Fjalor Shqip" (Albanian Dictionary)
  • [2] adverb: pak (engl.: 'few, (a) litte/bit') • "Fjalor Shqip" (Albanian Dictionary)
  • [3] particle: pak (engl.: 'few') • "Fjalor Shqip" (Albanian Dictionary)
  • [4] (indef.) pronoun: pak • "Fjalor Shqip" (Albanian Dictionary)

Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech pak, from Proto-Slavic *pakъ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpak]
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pak

  1. then

Further reading

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  • pak”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • pak”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

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Verb

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pak

  1. imperative of pakke

Dutch

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch pac, from Old Dutch *pakko, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô.

Noun

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pak n (plural pakken, diminutive pakje n)

  1. (usually in the diminutive) package
  2. suit (set of clothes)
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: pak
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: paki
  • Caribbean Javanese: pag
  • French: paquet
  • Indonesian: pak
  • Papiamentu: paki
  • Sranan Tongo: paki
    • Caribbean Hindustani: páki
    • Kari'na: paki

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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pak

  1. inflection of pakken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

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Hokkien

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For pronunciation and definitions of pak – see (“north; northern; to be defeated; to fail; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).

Indonesian

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Etymology 1

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Clipping of bapak.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: pak

Noun

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pak (first-person possessive pakku, second-person possessive pakmu, third-person possessive paknya)

  1. (slightly informal, between two speakers) sir

Etymology 2

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From Dutch pak, from Middle Dutch pac, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *pakkô. Doublet of paket.

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpak]
  • Hyphenation: pak

Noun

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pak

  1. package
    Synonym: paket
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Etymology 3

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From Dutch pacht (lease), from Middle Dutch pacht, from Latin pactum. Doublet of pakta.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpak]
  • Hyphenation: pak

Noun

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pak

  1. lease right.
    Synonym: pajak
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Descendants
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  • Min Nan: (pa̍k)

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Lower Sorbian

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Adverb

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pak

  1. however, nevertheless, but

Luxembourgish

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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pak

  1. second-person singular imperative of paken

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English *pæcca and/or Middle Dutch pak, packe (from Old Dutch *pakko); both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *pakkō, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô.

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Noun

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pak (plural pakkes)

  1. A bundle or package; a group of items packaged together.
  2. A case or pack; a soft container for goods storage.
  3. A load; something carried.
  4. A group, pack, or lot (of people or animals).
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Phalura

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Adverb

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pak (Perso-Arabic spelling پک)

  1. Co-lexicalized intensifier

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  • Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “pak”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[5], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Pipil

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Preposition

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pak

  1. on, upon, over, on top of

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  • Campbell, L. (1985). The Pipil Language of El Salvador. Mouton De Gruyter. p. 59

Polish

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Noun

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pak f

  1. genitive plural of paka

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pakъ.

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pȁk (Cyrillic spelling па̏к)

  1. however, on the other hand
    Synonym: no
    S druge pak strane, možda je u pravu.On the other hand, he might be right.
    To je pak drugačije.That's different though.

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  • pak”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English puck.

Noun

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pȁk m (Cyrillic spelling па̏к)

  1. puck
    Pokazao je vrhunsku koordinaciju i zakucao pak u mrežu.He showed excellent coordination and put the puck in the net.
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References

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  • pak”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Etymology 3

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Shortened form of šúpak.

Noun

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pȁk m (Cyrillic spelling па̏к)

  1. (vulgar) asshole, anus
    Synonym: šupak
    On je običan pak, jebeš njega.He's just an asshole, fuck him.
    Kakav pak.What an asshole.
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Etymology 4

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

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pak (Cyrillic spelling пак)

  1. (Kajkavian) again
    Synonyms: pȍnovo, pȍnōvno, opet

Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish پاك (pak), from Persian پاک (pâk).

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Adjective

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pak

  1. pure
  2. clean

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Yucatec Maya

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /pak/

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pak (transitive)

  1. to fold

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References

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  • Yoshida, Shigeto (2009) Diccionario de la conjugación de verbos en el maya yucateco actual (in Spanish), Sendai: Tohoku University, page 61:PAK