ark
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English arke, from Old English ærc, from Latin arca (“chest, box, coffer”), from arceō (“I enclose”).
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ark (plural arks)
- A large box with a flat lid.
- (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) Noah's ark: the ship built by Noah to save his family and a collection of animals from the deluge.
- 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 201:
- In the midrash about Noah it says that Noah had a stone which, when held up in the darkness of the ark, would change color when the sun was shining outside.
- Something affording protection; safety, shelter, refuge.
- (figuratively) The body as a vessel.
- 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XII:
- Like her I go; I cannot stay;
I leave this mortal ark behind,
A weight of nerves without a mind,
And leave the cliffs, and haste away […]
- A spacious type of boat with a flat bottom.
- 1990, Lou Sullivan, chapter 7, in From Female to Male: The Life of Jack Bee Garland, page 76:
- Some seventy or seventy-five arks were permanently located on McLeod's Lake and between 110 and 125 people lived in them.
- (Judaism) The Ark of the Covenant.
- (Judaism) A decorated cabinet at the front of a synagogue, in which Torah scrolls are kept.
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- → Maori: āka
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Further reading edit
- “ark”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “ark”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Via Middle Low German ark from Latin arcus. The Latin words means "bow", but it is here used in a wider sense of the folded paper. Compare the same semantic development in German Bogen (“bow; sheet of paper”).
Noun edit
ark n (singular definite arket, plural indefinite arker)
- a sheet (of paper)
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Etymology 2 edit
From Old Danish ark, Old Norse ǫrk, from Proto-Germanic *arkō, borrowed from Latin arca (“chest, coffin; ark”).
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ark c (singular definite arken, plural indefinite arker)
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Dutch edit
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From Middle Dutch arke. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
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ark f (plural arken, diminutive arkje n)
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- Afrikaans: ark
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Danish ark, from Latin arcus.
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ark n (genitive singular arks, nominative plural örk)
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Manx edit
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Etymology edit
From Middle Irish orc, arc (“young pig”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸorkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos, from *perḱ- (“to dig”).
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ark f (genitive singular arkagh, plural arkyn or irk)
References edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 orc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Middle English edit
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old French arc, from Latin arcus (“a bow, arc, arch”).
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ark (plural arks)
- The path of the sun across the sky.
Descendants edit
- English: arc
References edit
- “ark, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
North Frisian edit
Determiner edit
ark
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse ǫrk (“chest”), from Proto-Norse *ᚨᚱᚲᚢ (*arku), borrowed during pre-Christian time from Latin arca (“chest, box”), from arceō (“enclose, box in”), from Proto-Italic *arkeō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk- (“to protect, guard”).
Noun edit
ark m (definite singular arken, indefinite plural arker, definite plural arkene)
- the ark (boat of Noah)
- paktens ark - the Ark of the Covenant
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- kvist (dormer)
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Danish ark, arken, arkens, through Middle Low German or Low German arkener (“breast protection”), from Old French arquiere (“shooting range”).
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ark m (definite singular arken, indefinite plural arker, definite plural arkene)
- (architecture) a dormer
Etymology 3 edit
From Low German ark, from Latin arcus (“arc, arch”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow, arrow”).
Noun edit
ark n (definite singular arket, indefinite plural ark, definite plural arka or arkene)
- a sheet (of paper)
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References edit
- “ark” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse ǫrk, from Latin arca (“chest, box”); sense 3 from Old French arquire, via Middle Low German or Low German and old Danish.
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ark f (definite singular arka, indefinite plural arker, definite plural arkene)
- the ark (boat of Noah)
- paktarka - the Ark of the Covenant
- (architecture) a dormer
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- kvist (dormer)
Etymology 2 edit
From Latin arcus, via Low German ark.
Noun edit
ark n (definite singular arket, indefinite plural ark, definite plural arka)
- a sheet (of paper)
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References edit
- “ark” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
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Etymology 1 edit
From Old Swedish ark, borrowed from Latin arca, into the Germanic languages in pre-Christian time.[1]
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ark c
- an ark, a box; the Ark of the Covenant
- the ark (ship) of Noah, resembling a box
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ark | arken | arkar | arkarna |
Genitive | arks | arkens | arkars | arkarnas |
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Etymology 2 edit
From Old Swedish ark, from Middle Low German ark, from Latin arcus (“bow”).[2] Compare German Bogen. It refers to the bend of the parchment when folded.[3]
Noun edit
ark n
- a sheet of paper (for writing on)
- (printing) a signature, a multiple of four pages printed on a single sheet, which is folded and bound into a book
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ark | arket | ark | arken |
Genitive | arks | arkets | arks | arkens |
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- → Finnish: arkki
References edit
- ^ ark in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- ^ ark in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- ^ ark 2 in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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ark (definite accusative arkı, plural arklar)
- (chiefly Internet) Abbreviation of arkadaş.
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ark n (no plural)
Further reading edit
- “ark (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011