blak

English

Alternative forms

• Blak

Etymology

Coined by visual artist Destiny Deacon in 1991 as an alteration of black.

Adjective

blak

1. (Australia) Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander).

   blak identity

Derived terms

• blakness

Anagrams

• Balk, balk

Bislama

Etymology

From English black.

Adjective

blak

1. black

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plɛaːk/

  Rhymes: -ɛaːk

Etymology 1

verbal noun of blaka

Noun

blak n (genitive singular blaks, plural bløk)

1. a thrown object
2. a throw

Declension

Declension of blak
n5	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	blak	blakið	bløk	bløkini
accusative	blak	blakið	bløk	bløkini
dative	blaki	blakinum	bløkum	bløkunum
genitive	blaks	blaksins	blaka	blakanna

Synonyms

• kast

Derived terms

• kavablak

Related terms

• blaka

Etymology 2

From Old Irish bláthach via Early Middle Scots [Term?]. Compare Scottish Gaelic blàthach.

Noun

blak n (genitive singular blaks, uncountable)

1. buttermilk

Declension

Declension of blak (singular only)
n5s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	blak	blakið
accusative	blak	blakið
dative	blaki	blakinum
genitive	blaks	blaksins

Synonyms

• blaðak

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːk

Verb

blak

1. singular imperative of blaken
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of blaken

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse blak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plaːk/

  Rhymes: -aːk

Noun

blak n (genitive singular blaks, nominative plural blök)

1. flapping, waving (e.g. in the wind)
2. a light blow
3. (sports) volleyball
4. the tail of a halibut

Declension

declension of blak

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	blak	blakið	blök	blökin
accusative	blak	blakið	blök	blökin
dative	blaki	blakinu	blökum	blökunum
genitive	blaks	blaksins	blaka	blakanna

Synonyms

• (light blow): skellur, högg

Derived terms

derived terms

• strandblak

derived terms

• bera blak af einhverjum (to protect somebody, to make excuses for somebody)

Middle English

Alternative forms

• blake, blakke, black, blac

Etymology 1

From Old English blæc, from Proto-Germanic *blakaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blak/, /blaːk/

Adjective

blak (plural and weak singular blake, comparative blakker, superlative blakkest)

1. black (of a black color)
2. black (having black skin)
3. black-haired
4. dark, blackish

Descendants

• English: black (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: black
• Yola: bhlock, blaak
• → Danish: blæk
  • → Faroese: blekk
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: blekk
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: blekk
  • → Greenlandic: pilikki

References

• “blā̆k, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Adjective

blak

1. Alternative form of blake (“pale, yellowish”)

See also

Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)

whit	grey, hor	blak
red; cremesyn, gernet	citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne	yelow, dorry, gul; canevas
grasgrene	grene
plunket; ewage	asure, livid	blewe, blo, pers
violet; inde	rose, murrey; purpel, purpur	claret

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English black.

Adjective

blak

1. black