[vasks]
CilmeFrom Proto-Baltic *waksa (with metathesis, *waska-s), from Proto-Indo-European *wokso- (“wax”), from the stem *weg- (“to weave”) (< *aw-eg). The original meaning was thus “woven, fabric-like” (i.e., cells, honeycomb). Cognates include Lithuanian vãškas, Old Church Slavonic воскъ (voskŭ), Russian воск (vosk), Belarusian воск (vosk), Ukrainian віск (visk), Bulgarian во́сък (vósǎk), Czech vosk, Polish wosk, Proto-Germanic *wahsa- (Old High German wahs, Old English wæx, German Wachs, English wax).
- declension-1, masculinewax (an oily, water-resistant substance)
“grīdas vasks” — floor wax
“vaska sveces” — wax candles, tapers
“sintētiskais vasks” — synthetic wax
Formasvasks(nominative, singular) · vaski(nominative, plural) · vaska(genitive, singular) · vasku(genitive, plural) · vaskam(dative, singular) · vaskiem(dative, plural) · vasku(accusative, singular) · vaskus(accusative, plural) · vasku(instrumental, singular) · vaskiem(instrumental, plural) · vaskā(locative, singular) · vaskos(locative, plural) · vask(singular, vocative) · vaski(plural, vocative)