durk
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Dutch durk or Middle Low German dork. Further origin dubious. Cognate of Norwegian Bokmål dørk.
Noun edit
durk c
Declension edit
| Declension of durk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | durk | durken | durkar | durkarna |
| Genitive | durks | durkens | durkars | durkarnas |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- durk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- durk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- durk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- durk in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)
- durk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Yola edit
Noun edit
durk [1]
- Alternative form of dhourk
- 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, lines 11[2]:
- In durk Ich red virst mee left-vooted shoe."
- In the dark I happened first on my left-footed shoe."
References edit
- ^ Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 36
- ^ Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland