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jak

/[ˈjak]/
Czechadvconjnoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    how
    • Jak se máš/máte?

      How are you?

    • Jak to jde?

      How's it going?

  2. 2.
    as
    • jak Petr tak Pavel

      both Peter and Paul

    • jak se do lesa volá, tak se z lesa ozývá

      as you call into the forest, you hear from the forest; what goes around comes around

  3. 3.
    yak (mammal)

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech jak, from Proto-Slavic *jako (“how, in which way”).

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