different between dalk vs dalek

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English dalke, dalk, from Old English dalc (“clasp, buckle, brooch, bracelet”), from Proto-Germanic *dalkaz (“clasp, pin”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?elg- (“to stick; needle, pin”). Cognate with Icelandic dálkur (“cloak-pin”), Latin falx (“scythe”). Doublet of falx.

Noun

dalk (plural dalks)

1. A pin; brooch; clasp

Etymology 2

From Middle English dalke; perhaps a diminutive of dale, dell. In that case from Old English *daluc, from Proto-Germanic *dalukaz.

Alternative forms

• delk

Noun

dalk (plural dalks)

1. (now rare) A hollow or depression.
   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 120:

     On a sunny September morning, with the trees still green, but the asters and fleabanes already taking over in ditch and dalk, Van set out for Ladoga, N.A.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch dadelijk, whence also the Afrikaans doublet dadelik (“immediately”). For a possible sense shift from “immediately” to “possibly” compare dialectal English drekly from directly. Note, however, that the Dutch adjective also used to mean “really, actually, indeed” (for which now daadwerkelijk, inderdaad); from this the Afrikaans sense can be derived simply through semantic weakening.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dalk/

Adverb

dalk

1. perchance, perhaps, possibly

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English dalc, from Proto-Germanic *dalkaz.

Noun

dalk

1. Alternative form of dalke (“brooch”)

Etymology 2

From Old English *daluc.

Noun

dalk

1. Alternative form of dalke (“depression”)

English

Noun

dalek (plural daleks)

1. (nonstandard) Alternative letter-case form of Dalek

Anagrams

• Dalke, Kadel, laked

Kashubian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dalek?.

Adjective

dalek

1. far

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dalek?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?lek/
• Hyphenation: da?lek

Adjective

dàlek (definite dàlek?, comparative d?lj?, Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. far, distant

Declension

Related terms

• udaljenost

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dalek?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dá?l?k/

Adjective

d?lek (comparative [please provide], superlative)

1. (archaic) far

Inflection

Synonyms

• dáljen

Further reading

• “dalek”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran