Lak

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Lak pl (plural only)

1. An ethnic group who live primarily in southern Dagestan, Russia.

Lak

1. A North Caucasian language spoken by the Lak people. It is written with a Cyrillic alphabet.

• Kazikumukhtsy

• Wiktionary's coverage of Lak terms

• Ethnologue entry for Lak, lbe ⁠

• alk., Kal., ALK, alk, alk-, lka, LKA

Lak f (plural --)

1. varnish, lacquer, shellac

From Old Frisian *lak, *lek, from Proto-West Germanic *lak, from Proto-Germanic *laką, *lakaz (“blame, deficiency, lack”).

Lak m (plural Lakke)

1. flaw, defect, deficiency, lack; disadvantage
2. failure
3. punishment, reprehension, beating, one's dues