Hungarian

Verb

vakar

1. scratch

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

• kivakar
• levakar
• megvakar

Latvian

Etymology

Probably the adverbial form of an earlier (unattested) adjective, of which vakars ‎(“night”) is the nominal form. The original meaning was probably “the previous night,” whence later “yesterday;” compare Russian вечер ‎(véčer, “evening”), вчера ‎(včerá, “yesterday”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vakar]

Adverb

vakar

1. yesterday (in the day before today)

   vakar bija slikts laiks‎ ― yesterday the weather was bad

   vakar no rīta‎ ― yesterday morning

   vakar vakarā‎ ― yesterday evening

   “jaunkundze vakar vēlu pārnāca mājās?” “jā, aizgājām no kluba pie Ralfa spēlēt pokeru”‎ ― “milady came back late yesterday?” “yes, I went from the club to Ralph's (place) to play poker”

2. yesterday (in the, usually recent, past)

   funkcionāri šodien ir vienkāršāki, demokrātiskāki nekā vakar‎ ― (public) officials are simpler, more democratic today than yesterday

Usage notes

Vakars as a noun, means “evening” (locative form vakarā “in the evening,” used also as a temporal adverb) while historically related vakar is an adverb, meaning “yesterday” (its nominal counterpart is vakardiena “(the day of) yesterday”).

Antonyms

• rīt

Derived terms

• aizvakar
• vakardiena

Related terms

• vakars

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “vakars”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Lithuanian

Etymology

From vakaras. Compare Russian вечер ‎(večer) and вчера ‎(včera).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋaːkɐɾ]

Adverb

vãkar (not comparable)

1. yesterday

   Vakar kur buvai?

   Where were you yesterday?

Derived terms

• užvakar

Swedish

Noun

vakar

1. indefinite plural of vak

Verb

vakar

1. present tense of vaka.