ek

Hy het na my geskop, maar ek het dit verwag en het vinnig my been gelig en dwars gedraai.

1976, Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, page 19:

He kicked towards me, but I expected this and quickly lifted my leg and turned it sidewards.

1994, in Annemarié Van Niekerk, Vrouevertellers. 1843-1993, Tafelberg-Uitgewers (publ.), page 308.
"[…] Ek is jou vader. Ek sal jou doodslaan as jy nie luister nie!"

" […] I am your father. I shall beat you to death if you do not listen!"

2011, Kashiefa, Sedick, Zakeer & Sedeeqa Jacobs, "Die pad is toe", in No Land! No House! No Vote! Voices from Symphony Way, Pambazuka Press (publ.), page 132.
Ek het nog nooit 'n huis gehad nie, my ouers het ook nog nooit een besit nie

I have never owned a house, my parents also have never possessed one either.

1. The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function

chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence

From Dutch ik, from Middle Dutch ic, from Old Dutch ik, from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂om (“I”).


ek

Ek! Ni ne havas multan tempon.


ek

Ek spurða þá, hvar ek skyldi sitja.

third person masculine (first-person personal pronoun second-person singular)
third person feminine (first-person personal pronoun second-person singular)
third person neuter (first-person personal pronoun second-person singular)
ég (first-person nominative personal pronoun)
eg (first-person nominative personal pronoun)
ek (first-person nominative personal pronoun)
þú (nominative personal pronoun second-person)
hann (nominative personal pronoun)
hún (nominative personal pronoun)
hon (nominative personal pronoun)
hón (nominative personal pronoun)
það (nominative personal pronoun)
þat (nominative personal pronoun)
mig (accusative first-person personal pronoun)
mik (accusative first-person personal pronoun)
þig (accusative personal pronoun second-person)
þik (accusative personal pronoun second-person)
hann (accusative personal pronoun)
hana (accusative personal pronoun)
það (accusative personal pronoun)
þat (accusative personal pronoun)
mér (dative first-person personal pronoun)
þér (dative personal pronoun second-person)
honum (dative personal pronoun)
hánum (dative personal pronoun)
henni (dative personal pronoun)
því (dative personal pronoun)
mín (first-person genitive personal pronoun)
þín (genitive personal pronoun second-person)
hans (genitive personal pronoun)
hennar (genitive personal pronoun)
þess (genitive personal pronoun)
third person masculine (first-person personal plural pronoun second-person)
third person feminine (first-person personal plural pronoun second-person)
third person neuter (first-person personal plural pronoun second-person)
við (first-person nominative personal pronoun)
þið (nominative personal pronoun second-person)
þit (nominative personal pronoun second-person)
þeir (nominative personal pronoun)
þær (nominative personal pronoun)
þau (nominative personal pronoun)
okkur (accusative first-person personal pronoun)
ykkur (accusative personal pronoun second-person)
þá (accusative personal pronoun)
þær (accusative personal pronoun)
þau (accusative personal pronoun)
okkur (dative first-person personal pronoun)
ykkur (dative personal pronoun second-person)
þeim (dative personal pronoun)
okkar (first-person genitive personal pronoun)
ykkar (genitive personal pronoun second-person)
þeirra (genitive personal pronoun)

From Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.


ek

first-person singular active present indicative of aka

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


ek

Adportez stulo ek ta chambro

Lu prenis ca folio ek la tir-kesto

(indicating motion) out, out of, out from, from

Ek quon esas ta tasi?

Li esas ek porcelano.

Nonadek ek cent.

En ca armeo, 5 ek 100 esas ocidita, 10 ek 100 vundita.

In this army, five out of (every) 100 were killed, and ten per cent were wounded.

(mathematics) (indication fractional parts) out of

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek). Also seen as a borrowing from Latin ex, with the x changed to just k so not to interfere with ex-, which shares the same origin.


ek

From Sanskrit एक (eka), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háykas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos. Compare Hindi एक (ek).


ek

Scots: eik, ek

English: eke

⇒ Middle English: ekename

⇒ English: nickname (via rebracketing)

From Old English ēac, from Proto-Germanic *auk.


ek

„Di rocht Saaken ken di Oogen ek se“, sair di Litji Prins, fuar höm dit tö morki.

“The important things cannot be seen with the eyes,” said the Little Prince, so he would remember this.

From Old Norse ekki. Cognate with Danish ikke, Faroese ikki, Norwegian Nynorsk ikkje.


ek

my, mine (first-person, singular, possessive pronoun)


ek

eken (definite singular)
eker (indefinite plural)
ekene (definite plural)

From Danish eg, from Old Norse eik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”). Cognate with Swedish ek, Norwegian Nynorsk, Faroese, and Icelandic eik, German Eiche, and English oak.


ek

Hliods bið ec allar... (Codex Regius, circa 1270)
Hlioðs bið ek allar... (Hauksbók, circa 1306)
Hljóðs bið ek allar... (normalised orthography)

"Þótt þetta vandræði hafi nú borit oss at hendi, þá mun eigi langt til, at sama vandræði mun til yðvar koma, því at Haraldr, ætla ek, at skjótt mun hér koma, þá er hann hefir alla menn þrælkat ok áþját, sem hann vill, á Norðmæri ok í Raumsdal." (Norse)
translation by William Charles Green:

1220-1240, Egils saga, chapter 3, line 16

translation by Hallvard Lie:
Though this trouble have now lighted on our hand, 'twill not be long ere the same trouble shall come upon you; for Harald, I ween, will shortly hither come, soon as he hath all men thralled and enslaved, according to this will, in Northmere and Raumsdale.

Though this danger now touches us, before long the same will come to you; for Harold, as I ween, will hasten hither when he has enthralled and oppressed after his will all in North Mæra and Raumsdale.

ek (first-person nominative personal pronoun singular)
þú (nominative personal pronoun second-person singular)
hann (masculine nominative personal pronoun singular third-person)
hon (feminine nominative personal pronoun singular third-person)
hón (feminine nominative personal pronoun singular third-person)
hǫ́n (feminine nominative personal pronoun singular third-person)
þat (neuter nominative personal pronoun singular third-person)
mik (accusative first-person personal pronoun singular)
þik (accusative personal pronoun second-person singular)
sik (accusative personal pronoun reflexive singular)
hann (accusative masculine personal pronoun singular third-person)
hana (accusative feminine personal pronoun singular third-person)
hána (accusative feminine personal pronoun singular third-person)
þat (accusative neuter personal pronoun singular third-person)
mér (dative first-person personal pronoun singular)
þér (dative personal pronoun second-person singular)
sér (dative personal pronoun reflexive singular)
hánum (dative masculine personal pronoun singular third-person)
hónum (dative masculine personal pronoun singular third-person)
hǫ́num (dative masculine personal pronoun singular third-person)
henni (dative feminine personal pronoun singular third-person)
því (dative neuter personal pronoun singular third-person)
mín (first-person genitive personal pronoun singular)
þín (genitive personal pronoun second-person singular)
sín (genitive personal pronoun reflexive singular)
hans (genitive masculine personal pronoun singular third-person)
hennar (feminine genitive personal pronoun singular third-person)
þess (genitive neuter personal pronoun singular third-person)
vit (dual nominative personal pronoun)
it (dual nominative personal pronoun)
þit (dual nominative personal pronoun)
okkr (accusative dual personal pronoun)
ykkr (accusative dual personal pronoun)
sik (accusative dual personal pronoun)
okkr (dative dual personal pronoun)
ykkr (dative dual personal pronoun)
sér (dative dual personal pronoun)
okkar (dual genitive personal pronoun)
ykkar (dual genitive personal pronoun)
sín (dual genitive personal pronoun)
vér (nominative personal plural pronoun)
ér (nominative personal plural pronoun)
þér (nominative personal plural pronoun)
þeir (masculine nominative personal plural pronoun)
þær (feminine nominative personal plural pronoun)
þau (neuter nominative personal plural pronoun)
oss (accusative personal plural pronoun)
yðr (accusative personal plural pronoun)
sik (accusative personal plural pronoun)
þá (accusative masculine personal plural pronoun)
þær (accusative feminine personal plural pronoun)
þau (accusative neuter personal plural pronoun)
oss (dative personal plural pronoun)
yðr (dative personal plural pronoun)
sér (dative personal plural pronoun)
þeim (dative masculine personal plural pronoun)
þeim (dative feminine personal plural pronoun)
þeim (dative neuter personal plural pronoun)
vár (genitive personal plural pronoun)
yðar (genitive personal plural pronoun)
yðvar (genitive personal plural pronoun)
sín (genitive personal plural pronoun)
þeira (genitive masculine personal plural pronoun)
þeirra (genitive masculine personal plural pronoun)
þeira (feminine genitive personal plural pronoun)
þeirra (feminine genitive personal plural pronoun)
þeira (genitive neuter personal plural pronoun)
þeirra (genitive neuter personal plural pronoun)

Icelandic: ég

Faroese: eg, jeg

Norn: eg

desc

Norwegian: ej, é, eig, í, æg, æj, æ, je, jæj (dialectal)

Norwegian Nynorsk: eg

Jamtish: jeg

Dalian: ik, ig

Elfdalian: ig

desctree

Old Swedish: iak, iæk, iag, iagh, iach (late), ᛁᛆᚴ, ᛁᛅᚴ (Runic)
Swedish: jag

Old Danish: iak, iæk, iægh, æk, ak

Danish: jeg, a, æ, ja, jæ (dialectal)

Norwegian Bokmål: jeg

Scanian: jağ

Jutish: æ

Old Gutnish: iek

From Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek, “I”), from Proto-Germanic *ek (“I”), from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂ (“I”).


ek

ēk (canonical feminine)
ēk (nominative singular)
ēki (nominative plural)
ēk (accusative singular)
ēki (accusative plural)
ēki (genitive singular)
ēkiō (genitive plural)
ēki (dative singular)
ēkium (dative plural)

Middle Low German: êke, êk

Low German: Eek

Plautdietsch: Ieekj

From Proto-West Germanic *aik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks.


ek

ek (unstr. *ik) (first-person nominative personal pronoun singular)
þū (nominative personal pronoun second-person singular)
*se- (nominative personal pronoun reflexive singular)
mek (unstr. *mik) (accusative first-person personal pronoun singular)
þek (unstr. *þik) (accusative personal pronoun second-person singular)
sek (unstr. *sik) (accusative personal pronoun reflexive singular)
miz (dative first-person instrumental personal pronoun singular)
þiz (dative instrumental personal pronoun second-person singular)
siz (dative instrumental personal pronoun reflexive singular)
mīnaz (first-person personal possessive pronoun singular)
þīnaz (personal possessive pronoun second-person singular)
sīnaz (personal possessive pronoun reflexive singular)
wet (unstr. *wit) (dual first-person nominative personal pronoun)
jut (dual nominative personal pronoun second-person)
jit (dual nominative personal pronoun second-person)
*se- (dual nominative personal pronoun reflexive)
unk (accusative dual first-person personal pronoun)
inkw (accusative dual personal pronoun second-person)
sek (unstr. *sik) (accusative dual personal pronoun reflexive)
unkiz (dative dual first-person instrumental personal pronoun)
inkwiz (dative dual instrumental personal pronoun second-person)
siz (dative dual instrumental personal pronoun reflexive)
unkeraz (dual first-person personal possessive pronoun)
inkweraz (dual personal possessive pronoun second-person)
sīnaz (dual personal possessive pronoun reflexive)
wīz (unstr. *wiz) (first-person nominative personal plural pronoun)
jūz (nominative personal plural pronoun second-person)
jīz (nominative personal plural pronoun second-person)
*se- (nominative personal plural pronoun reflexive)
uns (accusative first-person personal plural pronoun)
izwiz (accusative personal plural pronoun second-person)
sek (unstr. *sik) (accusative personal plural pronoun reflexive)
unsiz (dative first-person instrumental personal plural pronoun)
izwiz (dative instrumental personal plural pronoun second-person)
siz (dative instrumental personal plural pronoun reflexive)
unseraz (first-person personal plural possessive pronoun)
izweraz (personal plural possessive pronoun second-person)
sīnaz (personal plural possessive pronoun reflexive)

Proto-West Germanic: *ik
Old English: iċ, ih, ich — Northumbrian, iċċ, ᛁᚳ (ic) — Ruthwell Cross
Southern Middle English: ich
English: ich (obsolete since 19th century)
Yola: ich (revived)
Northern Middle English: ik
Scots: ik (rare)
Later Middle English: I
English: I
Scots: A, I
Old Frisian: ik
North Frisian: ick, ik
Saterland Frisian: iek
West Frisian: ik
Old Saxon: ik
Middle Low German: ik, ek
German Low German: ik
Old Dutch: ik, ic
Middle Dutch: ic, icke
Dutch: ik, ick, ikke
Afrikaans: ek
Berbice Creole Dutch: eke
Jersey Dutch: äk
Petjo: ik
Skepi Creole Dutch: ek
Old High German: ih
Middle High German: ich, ig
Alemannic German: ich, ig, i
Sensler: [iː]
Swabian: i
Sathmar Swabian: i
Bavarian: i
Cimbrian: ich (Setti Comuni); i (Luserna)
Gottscheerish: iχ, ī, i (unstressed); iχχe (emphatic)
Mòcheno: i
Central Franconian: ich, eich, ech
Hunsrückisch: äijsch
Hunsrik: ich [ɪç]
Britten: [æɪ̯ʃ], [ɪʃ]
Kölsch: ich
East Central German:
Erzgebirgisch: iech
Silesian East Central German: iech
Upper Saxon German: isch, ische
East Franconian: i, iech
German: ich
Luxembourgish: ech
Rhine Franconian:
Hessian: aisch
Pennsylvania German: ich [ɪç]
Vilamovian: ych
Yiddish: איך (ich)
→ Limburgish: ich, iech, ik, iich (Eupen), ech (Southeast Limburgish)

Proto-Norse: ᛖᚲ (ek), ᛖᚲᚨ (eka), ᛖᚴᛡ (ekᴀ), -ᚲᚨ (-ka), -ᚳᚨ (-ka), -ᚴᛡ (-kᴀ) — enclitic
Old Norse: ek, iak — Old East Norse, -k — enclitic
Icelandic: ég
Faroese: eg, jeg
Norn: eg
Norwegian: ej, é, eig, í, æg, æj, æ, je, jæj (dialectal)
Norwegian Nynorsk: eg
Jamtish: jeg
Dalian: ik, ig
Elfdalian: ig
Old Swedish: iak, iæk, iag, iagh, iach (late), ᛁᛆᚴ, ᛁᛅᚴ (Runic)
Swedish: jag
Old Danish: iak, iæk, iægh, æk, ak
Danish: jeg, a, æ, ja, jæ (dialectal)
Norwegian Bokmål: jeg
Scanian: jağ
Jutish: æ
Old Gutnish: iek

Gothic: 𐌹𐌺 (ik)

Crimean Gothic: ich

Vandalic: *ic


ek

Latin: ec-, ⇒ ecce

Sabellic:

Marrucinian: ecan (acc. sg. f.)

desc

Oscan: 𐌄𐌊 (ek, nom. sg. m.), 𐌄𐌊𐌞𐌊 (ekúk, nom. sg. m.), 𐌄𐌊𐌝𐌊 (ekík, nom./acc. sg. n.), 𐌄𐌊𐌀𐌔𐌔 (ekass, acc. pl. f.), 𐌄𐌊𐌀 (eka, acc. pl. f.)

Paelignian: ecuc (nom. sg. m.), ecic (nom. sg. n.)

Breaking it down element by element:
* The initial *e- has been compared to that of Ancient Greek ἐκεῖνος (ekeînos, “that”).
* The *-k- is from the deictic particle *ke.


ek

ek (indefinite nominative singular)
eks (genitive indefinite singular)
eken (definite nominative singular)
ekens (definite genitive singular)
ekar (indefinite nominative plural)
ekars (genitive indefinite plural)
ekarna (definite nominative plural)
ekarnas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse eik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”).


ek

Eśane klausane ṣeycer-me kartstse yolo lkātsi klyaussisa.

"You had eyes and ears to see and hear good and evil."

From Proto-Tocharian *ëk, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷs, from *h₃okʷ- (“to see”) + the noun-forming ending *-s. Compare Tocharian A ak.


ek

(publishing) supplement (of newspapers, magazines &c.)

(linguistics) morpheme that is attached to a word

morpheme that is attached to a word
affix

morpheme that is attached to a word
suffix

head

ek (definite accusative eki, plural ekler)

eki (accusative definite)
ekler (plural)
ek (nominative singular)
ekler (nominative plural)
eki (accusative definite singular)
ekleri (accusative definite plural)
eke (dative singular)
eklere (dative plural)
ekte (locative singular)
eklerde (locative plural)
ekten (ablative singular)
eklerden (ablative plural)
ekin (genitive singular)
eklerin (genitive plural)
ekim (first-person nominative singular)
eklerim (first-person nominative singular)
ekin (nominative second-person singular)
eklerin (nominative second-person singular)
eki (nominative singular third-person)
ekleri (nominative singular third-person)
ekimiz (first-person nominative plural)
eklerimiz (first-person nominative plural)
ekiniz (nominative plural second-person)
ekleriniz (nominative plural second-person)
ekleri (nominative plural third-person)
ekimi (accusative definite first-person singular)
eklerimi (accusative definite first-person singular)
ekini (accusative definite second-person singular)
eklerini (accusative definite second-person singular)
ekini (accusative definite singular third-person)
eklerini (accusative definite singular third-person)
ekimizi (accusative definite first-person plural)
eklerimizi (accusative definite first-person plural)
ekinizi (accusative definite plural second-person)
eklerinizi (accusative definite plural second-person)
eklerini (accusative definite plural third-person)
ekime (dative first-person singular)
eklerime (dative first-person singular)
ekine (dative second-person singular)
eklerine (dative second-person singular)
ekine (dative singular third-person)
eklerine (dative singular third-person)
ekimize (dative first-person plural)
eklerimize (dative first-person plural)
ekinize (dative plural second-person)
eklerinize (dative plural second-person)
eklerine (dative plural third-person)
ekimde (first-person locative singular)
eklerimde (first-person locative singular)
ekinde (locative second-person singular)
eklerinde (locative second-person singular)
ekinde (locative singular third-person)
eklerinde (locative singular third-person)
ekimizde (first-person locative plural)
eklerimizde (first-person locative plural)
ekinizde (locative plural second-person)
eklerinizde (locative plural second-person)
eklerinde (locative plural third-person)
ekimden (ablative first-person singular)
eklerimden (ablative first-person singular)
ekinden (ablative second-person singular)
eklerinden (ablative second-person singular)
ekinden (ablative singular third-person)
eklerinden (ablative singular third-person)
ekimizden (ablative first-person plural)
eklerimizden (ablative first-person plural)
ekinizden (ablative plural second-person)
eklerinizden (ablative plural second-person)
eklerinden (ablative plural third-person)
ekimin (first-person genitive singular)
eklerimin (first-person genitive singular)
ekinin (genitive second-person singular)
eklerinin (genitive second-person singular)
ekinin (genitive singular third-person)
eklerinin (genitive singular third-person)
ekimizin (first-person genitive plural)
eklerimizin (first-person genitive plural)
ekinizin (genitive plural second-person)
eklerinizin (genitive plural second-person)
eklerinin (genitive plural third-person)
ekim (first-person singular)
eklerim (first-person singular)
eksin (second-person singular)
eklersin (second-person singular)
ek (singular third-person)
ektir (singular third-person)
ekler (singular third-person)
eklerdir (singular third-person)
ekiz (first-person plural)
ekleriz (first-person plural)
eksiniz (plural second-person)
eklersiniz (plural second-person)
ekler (plural third-person)
eklerdir (plural third-person)


ek

second-person singular imperative of ekmek


ek

ek (nominative singular)
eks (nominative plural)
eka (genitive singular)
ekas (genitive plural)
eke (dative singular)
ekes (dative plural)
eki (accusative singular)
ekis (accusative plural)


ek

From Old Frisian āk, from Proto-West Germanic *auk.


ek

ek (Sawndip forms 兀 or 𰠪 or 枙 or 𣐎, 1957–1982 spelling ek)

兀 (Sawndip)
𰠪 (Sawndip)
枙 (Sawndip)
𣐎 (Sawndip)

From Proto-Tai *ʔeːkᴰ (“yoke”), from Middle Chinese 軛 (MC 'eak, “yoke”). Cognate with Thai แอก (ɛ̀ɛk), Lao ແອກ (ʼǣk), Tai Dam ꪵꪮꪀ, Shan ဢႅၵ်ႇ (ʼèk), Ahom 𑜒𑜢𑜀𑜫 (ʼik).

cog

Shan ဢႅၵ်ႇ (ʼèk)