birk
See also: Birk
English
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /bɜː(ɹ)k/
Audio (AU): (file) - Homophone: berk
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k
Etymology 1
From Middle English birk, birke, byrke, a northern variant of Middle English birche (“birch”). More at birch. (tree): Cognate with Scots birk.
Noun
birk (plural birks)
- (Northern English) A birch tree.
- (Can we date this quote by Alfred Tennyson and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- the silver birk
- (Can we date this quote by Alfred Tennyson and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- A Eurasian minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus, syn. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.).
Etymology 2
Noun
birk (plural birks)
References
- “birk”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Middle English
Noun
birk
- Alternative form of birche
Scots
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English birc or byrc. Cognate with Middle English birch and Northern Middle English birk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛrk/, /ˈbʌrk/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Southern Scots" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈbɪrk/
Noun
birk (plural birks)
- A birch tree.
Derived terms
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