sirka

See also: šířka and Širka

Czech

sirky

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *sěra

Old Czech síra

Czech síra

Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ

Proto-Slavic *-ъka

Czech -ka

Czech sirka

From síra + -ka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɪrka]

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Noun

sirka f

1. match (device to make fire)

   Synonym: zápalka

Declension

Declension of sirka (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	sirka	sirky
genitive	sirky	sirek
dative	sirce	sirkám
accusative	sirku	sirky
vocative	sirko	sirky
locative	sirce	sirkách
instrumental	sirkou	sirkami

Derived terms

nouns

• sirčička
• sirečka
• sirkárna

Further reading

• “sirka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “sirka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “sirka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• cirka (Nynorsk also)

Etymology

From Latin circa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sir.ka/, [ˈsɪɾ.kɑ]

Adverb

sirka

1. about, approximately, circa

Synonyms

• bortimot (Nynorsk also)
• om lag (Nynorsk also)
• omtrent (Nynorsk also)

References

• “sirka” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• cirka (Bokmål also)

Etymology

From Latin circa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sir.ka/, [ˈsɪɾ.kɑ]

Adverb

sirka

1. about, approximately, circa

Synonyms

• bortimot (Bokmål also)
• om lag (Bokmål also)
• omtrent (Bokmål also)

References

• “sirka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sirka/, [ˈsirka]
• Rhymes: -irka
• Hyphenation: sir‧ka

Noun

sirka f

1. (colloquial, regional, Western Slovakia) match (device to make fire)

   Synonym: zápalka

Declension

Declension of sirka
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	sirka	sirky
genitive	sirky	siriek
dative	sirke	sirkám
accusative	sirku	sirky
locative	sirke	sirkách
instrumental	sirkou	sirkami

Further reading

• “sirka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Uzbek

Other scripts

Arabic	Afghan Uzbek
	Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic		сирка‍
Latin		sirka‍

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sirke.

Noun

sirka (plural sirkalar)

1. vinegar

Synonyms

• uksus

Votic

The spelling of this entry has been normalized from sirkaa according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community as described at Wiktionary:Votic entry guidelines or recent spelling standards of the language.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sirkëda.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA^(key): /ˈsirkɑː/, [ˈsʲirkɑ]
• Rhymes: -irkɑː
• Hyphenation: sir‧ka

Adjective

sirka

1. clear, transparent
2. bright
3. clear (easy to understand)

Inflection

Declension of sirka (type VI/valka, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	sirka	sirkad
genitive	sirka	sirkajõ
partitive	sirkatõ	sirkait
illative	sirkasõ, sirka	sirkaisõ
inessive	sirkaz	sirkaiz
elative	sirkass	sirkaiss
allative	sirkallõ	sirkaillõ
adessive	sirkall	sirkaill
ablative	sirkalt	sirkailt
translative	sirkassi	sirkaissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. For dialectal differences between case endings, see Appendix:Votic dialects.

References

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “sirkaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Tallinn