Meaning of lak | Babel Free

Definitions

1. habitation, abode, residence
   archaic
2. dwelling
   poetic

Equivalents

Examples

“1843, Sándor Petőfi, Távolból (From a Distance), poem lines 1–2 http://magyar-irodalom.elte.hu/sulinet/igyjo/setup/portrek/petofi/tavolbol.htm Kis lak áll a nagy Duna mentében; Oh mi drága e lakocska nékem! A small house stands along the big Danube;”

Oh how dear this tiny house is to me!

“1872, Mór Jókai, Az arany ember (Timar’s Two Worlds), part 1, chapter 7, translated by Mrs. Hegan Kennard”

Timar turned his steps toward the creeper-covered cottage. Through the flower-garden a path led to the house, but so covered with grass that his steps were not heard, and he could thus get as far as the little veranda quite noiselessly.

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