oblak

Inherited from Old Czech oblak, from Proto-Slavic *obolkъ.

• IPA^(key): [ˈoblak]

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• Hyphenation: ob‧lak

oblak (in the singular or plural) m inan or (in the plural) n

1. cloud (visible mass of water droplets in the air)

   Synonym: mrak

2. cloud (mass of dust or smoke)

• In the plural, this term can take either masculine or neuter agreement, with distinct forms, e.g. dva oblaky or dvě oblaka, both meaning "two clouds".

when masculine:

when masculine in the singular, neuter in the plural:

• “oblak”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “oblak”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “oblak”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

• ôblak (Near Masovian)

From obły +‎ -ak.

• Rhymes: -ɔblak
• Syllabification: o‧blak

oblak m inan

1. oval-shaped piece of wood
2. tumor, especially a malignant tumor
3. (Near Masovian) untrimmed and uncut pole in a fence

• oblak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Zygmunt Wasilewski (1889) “{u)oblak”, in Jagodne: wieś w powiecie łukowskim, gminie Dąbie: zarys etnograficzny (in Polish), Warsaw: M. Arct, page 244

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *obolkъ.

• IPA^(key): /ôblaːk/

ȍblāk m (Cyrillic spelling о̏бла̄к)

1. cloud

• oblačan

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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *obolkъ.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔblak]

oblak m inan (related adjective oblakový, diminutive obláčik or obláčok, augmentative oblačisko)

1. cloud

• “oblak”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

From Proto-Slavic *obolkъ.

• IPA^(key): /ɔbláːk/

oblȃk m inan

1. cloud

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	oblák
gen. sing.	obláka
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	oblák	obláka	obláki
genitive (rodȋlnik)	obláka	oblákov	oblákov
dative (dajȃlnik)	obláku	oblákoma	oblákom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	oblák	obláka	obláke
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	obláku	oblákih	oblákih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	oblákom	oblákoma	obláki

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• “oblak”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “oblak”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references