sparke

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English

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Noun

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sparke (plural sparkes)

  1. Obsolete form of spark.

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English spearca, from Proto-West Germanic *sparkō, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *sparkaz.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈspark(ə)/, /ˈspɛrk(ə)/

Noun

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sparke (plural sparkes or (early) sparken)

  1. spark (glowing particle)
  2. (by extension) particle, mote
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Descendants

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  • English: spark (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: spark, sperk

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse sparka.

Verb

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sparke (imperative spark, present tense sparker, passive sparkes, simple past and past participle sparka or sparket, present participle sparkende)

  1. to kick
  2. to fire, sack (terminate the employment of someone)

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