särk

See also: sark, Sark, and şark

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Norse. Compare Swedish särk. Cognate to Livonian serk.

Noun

särk (genitive särgi, partitive särki)

1. shirt

Declension

Declension of särk (ÕS type 22e/riik, k-g gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		särk	särgid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	särgi
genitive			särkide
partitive		särki	särke särkisid
illative		särki särgisse	särkidesse särgesse
inessive		särgis	särkides särges
elative		särgist	särkidest särgest
allative		särgile	särkidele särgele
adessive		särgil	särkidel särgel
ablative		särgilt	särkidelt särgelt
translative		särgiks	särkideks särgeks
terminative		särgini	särkideni
essive		särgina	särkidena
abessive		särgita	särkideta
comitative		särgiga	särkidega

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish særker, from Old Norse serkr, from Proto-Germanic *sarkiz (“shirt, armour, hauberk”), from Proto-Indo-European *swerg-, *swerk- (“clothes worn outside”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to arrange, tack, tie, unite”).

Cognate with Scots sark, serk (“shirt, shift”), North Frisian serk (“shirt”), Danish særk (“gown, shirt”), English sark (“shirt”), Icelandic serkur (“nightshirt”).

Noun

särk c

1. (chiefly historical) a shift, a chemise, a smock (type of (woman's) undergarment (made of linen or the like), similar to a long-sleeved shirt or dress)
2. a nightgown, a robe

   Synonym: nattlinne

   • 1968, Cornelis Vreeswijk (lyrics and music), “Personliga Person [Personal Person]”, in Tio vackra visor och Personliga Person [Ten beautiful songs and Personal Person]:

     ["Person" is pronounced like the last name "Persson" in this song] Personliga Persons fru och hans vidriga dotter, de sutto [archaic] i sina särkar ännu och sina papiljotter. Person såg på dem med föga sympati, och i sitt stilla sinna tänkte Person "Tvi!" – fast han ingenting sade, och det var ju bra det.

     Personal Person's wife and his disgusting [or "vile," "repugnant," "odious" or the like – stronger than "disgusting"] daughter, they were still sitting in their robes and their curlers. Person looked at them with little sympathy, and quietly to himself ["in his calm/still mind" – idiomatic], Person thought "Yuck!" – though he didn't say anything, and that's good [literally, "and that was good," or – see ju – "and yeah, that was good," "and that was good, of course," or the like].

Declension

Declension of särk
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	särk	särken	särkar	särkarna
Genitive	särks	särkens	särkars	särkarnas

Derived terms

• bärsärk

References

• särk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• särk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• särk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• skär