# bask
## English
### Etymology

From Old Norse baðask (“to take a bath”, literally “to bathe oneself”), mediopassive form from underlying baða (“to bathe”) + sik (“oneself”), from Proto-Germanic *baþōną and *sek. Doublet of English bathe.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bäsk IPA: /bɑːsk/
* (General American) enPR: băsk IPA: /bæsk/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Homophones: Basque, basque (in some dialects)
* Rhymes: -æsk, -ɑːsk

### Verb

bask (third-person singular simple present basks, present participle basking, simple past and past participle basked)
* To bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat.
    to bask in the sun
** 1764 December 19 (indicated as 1765), Oliver Goldsmith, The Traveller, or A Prospect of Society. A Poem. […], London: […] J[ohn] Newbery, […], →OCLC, page 5:The naked Negro, panting at the line, / Baſks in the glare, or ſtems the tepid wave, / And thanks his Gods for all the good they gave.
** 2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and Pleasure on the Far North Line”, in RAIL, number 942, page 48:There will be no problems with visibility, or the highly changeable Highland weather, as Scotland basks in what is reported to be the country's hottest September day for more than a century.
* (figurative) To take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warmth or happiness. (Usually followed by "in".)
    to bask in someone’s favour
    I basked in her love.
** 2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times‎:As President Obama turns his attention once again to filling out a cabinet and writing an Inaugural Address, this much is clear: he should not expect to bask in a surge of national unity, or to witness a crowd of millions overrun the Mall just to say they were there.
** 2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport‎:On this evidence they will certainly face tougher tests, as a depleted Newcastle side seemed to bask in the relative security of being ninth in the table

#### Hyponyms

* (to be exposed to the sun's heat): apricate, sun

#### Derived terms

* abask
* bask in the sunshine

#### Translations
### Noun

bask (plural basks)
* The act of bathing in warmth.
    Most cats enjoy a bask in the sunshine.
* (collective) A group of crocodiles; the collective noun for crocodiles.
** 2020 March, “COVID-19 threatens health systems in sub-Saharan Africa: the eye of the crocodile”, in Journal of Clinical Investigation, volume 130, number 6, page 2741:The threat of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to health systems in subSaharan Africa (SSA) can be compared metaphorically to a lake in Africa infested with a bask of crocodiles and the saying “the eye of the crocodile.”

### Anagrams

* kabs

## Albanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bˈask/
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### Noun

bask m
* Basque (person)
* Basque (language)

#### Declension
### Adjective

bask (feminine baske)
* Basque

#### Derived terms

* baski
* Baski

## Northern Kurdish
### Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *baHjúš (“arm”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaHȷ́ʰúš, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵʰús. Compare Baluchi باسک (básk), Old Armenian բազուկ (bazuk), Parthian 𐫁𐫀𐫉𐫇𐫃 (bʾzwg /⁠bāzūg⁠/).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɑːsk/

### Noun

| Central Kurdish | باسک (bask) |
| Southern Kurdish | بازوو (bazû) |
| Zazaki | bazi |
| Gurani | بازوو (bazû) |
bask m
* wing
* feather
* arm
* wrist

### References

* Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “bask”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 24

## Swedish
### Noun

bask c
* Basque; member of people

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | bask | basks |
| singular | definite | basken | baskens |
| plural | indefinite | basker | baskers |
| plural | definite | baskerna | baskernas |

#### Related terms

* baskiska
* baskisk
* Baskien

### Anagrams

* baks