murken
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- mirken (Scotland)
Etymology edit
From Middle English mirkenen, from Old Norse myrkna (“to grow dark”), equivalent to murk + -en.
Verb edit
murken (third-person singular simple present murkens, present participle murkening, simple past and past participle murkened)
- (transitive, intransitive, rare) To make or become murky or dark
- 1917, William Steven, Yarrow, page 130:
- With brooding forecast of the brumal blast,
And treasures white poured from cold northern stores,
A Sabbath restfulness is in the woods,
A silent flow in Yarrow's murkened stream; […]
- 2008, T. David Lee, 108th Street, page 160:
- The parking lot was emptying rapidly as all the Labor Day picnic groups headed home in the murkening gloom.
Anagrams edit
Swedish edit
Adjective edit
murken (comparative murknare, superlative murknast)
Declension edit
Inflection of murken | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | murken | murknare | murknast |
Neuter singular | murket | murknare | murknast |
Plural | murkna | murknare | murknast |
Masculine plural3 | murkne | murknare | murknast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | murkne | murknare | murknaste |
All | murkna | murknare | murknaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |