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berserk
English
Alternative forms
- beserk
- berzerk
- beresque (Australian, jocular)
Etymology
A borrowing from Old Norse berserkr (Icelandic berserkur, Swedish bärsärk), probably from bj?rn (“bear”) + serkr (“coat”), equivalent to bear +? sark (“shirt”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?(?)?z??(?)k/
- Rhymes: -??(?)k
Noun
berserk (plural berserks)
- (historical) A crazed Norse warrior who fought in a frenzy; a berserker.
Translations
Adjective
berserk (comparative more berserk, superlative most berserk)
- Injuriously, maniacally, or furiously violent or out of control.
- Weird; bizarre.
Derived terms
- berserkly
Translations
See also
- Úlfhéðinn
Further reading
- berserk at OneLook Dictionary Search
- berserk, berserker, beserk at Google Ngram Viewer
Anagrams
- Kerbers
Czech
Alternative forms
- berserkr
Noun
berserk m
- berserk
Further reading
- berserk in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- berserk in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
French
Etymology
From Old Norse berserkr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??.z??k/
Noun
berserk m (plural berserks)
- (historical) berserk, berserker (frenzied Norse warrior)
Polish
Etymology
From Old Norse berserkr (Icelandic berserkur, Swedish bärsärk), probably from bj?rn (“bear”) + serkr (“coat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?r.s?rk/
Noun
berserk m pers
- (mythology) berserk
Declension
Further reading
- berserk in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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amok
English
Alternative forms
- amuck, amock
Etymology
From Portuguese amouco, from Malay amuk (“to go on a killing spree”).
The term first appeared in English around the 16th century, associated with the people of Malaysia and Java, first described in the 1516 text "The Book of Duarte Barbosa: An Account of the Countries Bordering on the Indian Ocean and Their Inhabitants", which was translated to English by Stanley.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??m?k/, /??m?k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Adverb
amok (comparative more amok, superlative most amok)
- Out of control, especially when armed and dangerous.
- In a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk.
Usage notes
Almost exclusively used in the phrase run amok.
Derived terms
- run amok
Descendants
- ? Cebuano: amok
- ? Czech: amok
- ? Danish: amok (or directly from Dutch amok)
- ? Finnish: amok
- ? German: Amok
- ? Hebrew: ????? (ámok)
- ? Norwegian: amok
- ? Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ????
- Latin: amok
- ? Swedish: amok
Translations
Noun
amok (plural amoks)
- One who runs amok; in Malay and Moro/Philippine culture, one who attempts to kill many others, especially expecting that they will be killed themselves.
- The act of running amok.
Verb
amok (third-person singular simple present amoks, present participle amoking, simple past and past participle amoked)
- Synonym of run amok
References
- https://kbbi.web.id/amuk
- Duarte Barbosa, Mansel Longworth Dames, (1518) "The book of Duarte Barbosa: an account of the countries bordering on the Indian Ocean and their inhabitants", Asian Educational Services, 1989, ?ISBN
- Stanley, Henry E. J. ed. and trans. (1866) A description of the coasts of East Africa and Malabar by Duarte Barbosa?[1], Hakluyt Society
- Dames, Mansel Longworth (1918–1921) The book of Duarte Barbosa : an account of the countries bordering on the Indian Ocean and their inhabitants (2 Volumes), Hakluyt Society, OCLC 3640216
Anagrams
- Kamo, Moak, Omak, mako, moka
Cebuano
Etymology 1
From English amok, from Portuguese amouco, from Malay amuk (“to go on a killing spree”). Displaced amog.
Verb
amok
- to run amok
Noun
amok
- one who runs amok
Etymology 2
Unknown.
Noun
amok
- a surf; waves that break on an ocean shoreline
Czech
Etymology
From English amok, from Portuguese amouco, from Malay amuk (“to go on a killing spree”).
Noun
amok m
- Condition of amok behaving.
Danish
Etymology
From English amok or from Portuguese amouco, from Malay amuk (“to go on a killing spree”).
Adjective
amok
- Out of control, especially when armed and dangerous.
- In a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk.
Usage notes
Almost exclusively used in the phrase gå amok.
Derived terms
- gå amok
Related terms
- berserkergang
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay amuk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a??m?k/
- Hyphenation: a?mok
- Rhymes: -?k
Noun
amok n or m (plural amoks)
- (historical, chiefly uncountable) A murderous frenzy, a killing spree in Malay culture.
- (historical, countable) One who runs amok, someone who is on such a killing spree.
- Synonym: amokmaker
- (uncountable) uproar, riot, noise
Derived terms
- amokmaker
Descendants
- ? Danish: amok (or through English amok)
Finnish
Etymology
From English amok, from Portuguese amouco, from Malay amuk (“to go on a killing spree”).
Noun
amok
- amok (one who runs amok)
Declension
Derived terms
- amokjuoksija
- amokjuoksu
Anagrams
- koma, mako, moka
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English amok, from Portuguese amouco, from Malay amuk (“to go on a killing spree”).
Adverb
amok
- amok
Derived terms
- gå amok
- løpe amok
Related terms
- berserkergang
References
- “amok” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English amok, from Portuguese amouco, from Malay amuk (“to go on a killing spree”).
Adverb
amok
- amok
Derived terms
- gå amok
References
- “amok” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
From English amok, from Portuguese amouco, from Malay amuk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a.m?k/
Noun
amok m inan
- running amok (act of behaving disruptively or uncontrollably)
- Synonym: sza?
- running amok (act of going on a killing spree)
- (colloquial) mania (violent derangement)
- Synonyms: mania, obsesja, szajba, sza?
Declension
Further reading
- amok in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- amok in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From English amok, from Portuguese amouco, from Malay amuk (“to go on a killing spree”).
Noun
amok m (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- Condition of amok behaving.
Tocharian B
Alternative forms
- ?mok
Etymology
Borrowed from a Middle Persian source.
Noun
amok ?
- art, artifice, craft
Derived terms
- amokä??e
- amoktse
Further reading
- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) , “amok”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, ?ISBN, page 21
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