sork

Swedish

En skogssork

Alternative forms

• surk (dialectal)

Etymology

According to Hellquist, probably related to Latin sorex and/or Ancient Greek ὕραξ (húrax). Compare also Russian сурок (surok).

Noun

sork c

1. any of various rodents in the taxonomic subfamily Arvicolinae.

Declension

Declension of sork
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sork	sorken	sorkar	sorkarna
Genitive	sorks	sorkens	sorkars	sorkarnas

See also

• lämmel (“lemming”)

Further reading

• sork in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sork in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• kors, skor