šarka

See also: sarka, Šárka, sarķa, and sarƙa

Czech[edit]

šarka f

Declension of šarka (hard feminine reducible)

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śárˀkāˀ.^[1] When compared with Ancient Greek κόραξ (kórax, “raven”) a Proto-Indo-European form *ḱor-h₂k- can be reconstructed, however they may well be independent formations.^[2] In any case, both forms ultimately go back to Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“crow, raven”), whence also, with various suffixes, Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “crow”); Latin cornīx (“crow”) and corvus (“raven”).

IPA^(key): /ˈʂarkɐ/

šárka f (plural šárkos) stress pattern 1

magpie (one of several species in the family Corvidae, especially the Eurasian magpie, Pica pica)

declension of šarka

^ Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 440
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 750