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Swedish
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]According to Hellquist, probably related to Latin sorex and/or Ancient Greek ὕραξ (húrax). Compare also Russian сурок (surok).
Noun
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- any of various rodents in the taxonomic subfamily Arvicolinae.
Declension
[edit]Declension of sork | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | sork | sorken | sorkar | sorkarna |
Genitive | sorks | sorkens | sorkars | sorkarnas |
See also
[edit]- lämmel (“lemming”)
Further reading
[edit]- sork in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- sork in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)