sark
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English serk, sark, serke, from Old English serc, syrc m; and syrce, sirce, serce f (“sark, shirt, shift, smock, tunic, corselet, coat of mail”), 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”), Swedish särk (“shirt, chemise”), Icelandic serkur (“nightshirt”).
Noun
sark (plural sarks)
- (Scotland and Northern England) A shirt.
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
sark (third-person singular simple present sarks, present participle sarking, simple past and past participle sarked)
- (transitive) To cover with sarking, or thin boards.
Anagrams
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Noun
sark (plural sarkok)
- pole (an extreme point of an axis, e.g. magnetically or geographically)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | sark | sarkok |
accusative | sarkot | sarkokat |
dative | sarknak | sarkoknak |
instrumental | sarkkal | sarkokkal |
causal-final | sarkért | sarkokért |
translative | sarkká | sarkokká |
terminative | sarkig | sarkokig |
essive-formal | sarkként | sarkokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | sarkban | sarkokban |
superessive | sarkon | sarkokon |
adessive | sarknál | sarkoknál |
illative | sarkba | sarkokba |
sublative | sarkra | sarkokra |
allative | sarkhoz | sarkokhoz |
elative | sarkból | sarkokból |
delative | sarkról | sarkokról |
ablative | sarktól | sarkoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
sarké | sarkoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
sarkéi | sarkokéi |
Possessive forms of sark | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | sarkom | sarkaim |
2nd person sing. | sarkod | sarkaid |
3rd person sing. | sarka | sarkai |
1st person plural | sarkunk | sarkaink |
2nd person plural | sarkotok | sarkaitok |
3rd person plural | sarkuk | sarkaik |
Derived terms
(Compound words):
Middle English
Noun
sark
- Alternative form of serk
North Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian zerke. Cognates include Mooring North Frisian schörk and West Frisian tsjerke.
Noun
sark f (plural sarken)
- (Föhr-Amrum) church
- At St. Clemens sark as en sark uun Neebel üüb Oomram.
- Saint Clement's Church is a church in Nebel on Amrum.
- At St. Clemens sark as en sark uun Neebel üüb Oomram.
Scots
Etymology
From Old English serc, syrc, from Germanic.
Pronunciation
Noun
sark (plural sarks)
Derived terms
- cutty sark (“short chemise or undergarment”)
- sarkfu (“shirtful”)
- sarkin (“coarse linen for shirts; roof boarding”)
Verb
sark (third-person singular simple present sarks, present participle sarkin, simple past sarkit, past participle sarkit)
- to clothe in or provide with a shirt
- to cover the rafters of a roof with wooden boards, line a roof with wood for the slates to be nailed on
Tocharian B
Noun
sark
- back (of the body)
Volapük
Noun
sark (nominative plural sarks)
Declension
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Scottish English
- Northern England English
- English verbs
- English transitive verbs
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian nouns
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- North Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian
- North Frisian lemmas
- North Frisian nouns
- North Frisian feminine nouns
- Föhr-Amrum North Frisian
- frr:Buildings
- Scots terms derived from Old English
- Scots terms derived from Germanic languages
- Scots terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scots lemmas
- Scots nouns
- Scots verbs
- sco:Clothing
- Tocharian B lemmas
- Tocharian B nouns
- Volapük lemmas
- Volapük nouns
- vo:Containers