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ark
English
Etymology
From Old English ærc, from Latin arca (“chest, box, coffer”), from arce? (“I enclose”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??k/
- (US) IPA(key): /??k/
- Rhymes: -??(?)k
- Homophone: arc
Noun
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.
- Something affording protection; safety, shelter, refuge
- A spacious type of boat with a flat bottom.
- (Judaism) The Ark of the Covenant.
- (Judaism) A decorated cabinet at the front of a synagogue, in which Torah scrolls are kept.
Synonyms
- barge
- basket
- chest
- coffer
- hutch
- refuge
- retreat
- shelter
- ship
- vessel
Derived terms
- Ark of the Covenant
- Noah's Ark
- pig ark
Descendants
- ? Maori: ?ka
Translations
Further reading
- ark in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- ark in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- AKR, KAR, RAK, RKA, kar, kra
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?????]
Etymology 1
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
ark n (singular definite arket, plural indefinite arker)
- a sheet (of paper)
Inflection
Synonyms
- papir
Etymology 2
From Old Danish ark, Old Norse ?rk, from Proto-Germanic *ark?, borrowed from Latin arca (“chest, coffin; ark”).
Noun
ark c (singular definite arken, plural indefinite arker)
- (biblical) ark (Noah's Ark or the Ark of the Convenant)
Inflection
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch arke. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?rk/
- Hyphenation: ark
- Rhymes: -?rk
Noun
ark f (plural arken, diminutive arkje n)
- ark (ark of the covenant)
- ark (ship)
- houseboat
- Synonym: woonark
Derived terms
- woonark
Descendants
- Afrikaans: ark
Icelandic
Etymology
From Danish ark, from Latin arcus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ar?k/
- Rhymes: -ar?k
Noun
ark n (genitive singular arks, nominative plural örk)
- (obsolete) sheet (of paper)
Declension
Synonyms
- (sheet of paper): blað, örk
Manx
Alternative forms
- urk
Etymology
From Middle Irish orc, arc (“young pig”), from Proto-Celtic *?orkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pór?os, from *per?- (“to dig”).
Noun
ark f (genitive singular arkagh, plural arkyn or irk)
- young pig, piglet
References
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 orc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Middle English
Alternative forms
- arke
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French arc, from Latin arcus (“a bow, arc, arch”).
Noun
ark (plural arks)
- The path of the sun across the sky.
Descendants
- English: arc
References
- “ark, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
North Frisian
Determiner
ark
- (Mooring) each; every
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse ?rk (“chest”), from Proto-Norse *???? (*arku), borrowed during pre-Christian time from Latin arca (“chest, box”), from arce? (“enclose, box in”), from Proto-Italic *arke?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?erk- (“to protect, guard”).
Noun
ark m (definite singular arken, indefinite plural arker, definite plural arkene)
- the ark (boat of Noah)
- paktens ark - the Ark of the Covenant
Synonyms
- kvist (dormer)
Etymology 2
From Old Danish ark, arken, arkens, through Middle Low German or Low German arkener (“breast protection”), from Old French arquiere (“shooting range”).
Noun
ark m (definite singular arken, indefinite plural arker, definite plural arkene)
- (architecture) a dormer
Etymology 3
From Low German ark, from Latin arcus (“arc, arch”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?erk?o- (“bow, arrow”).
Noun
ark n (definite singular arket, indefinite plural ark, definite plural arka or arkene)
- a sheet (of paper)
Synonyms
- papir
Derived terms
- A4-ark
- faktaark
- papirark
- regneark
References
- “ark” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse ?rk, from Latin arca (“chest, box”); sense 3 from Old French arquire, via Middle Low German or Low German and old Danish.
Noun
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
Synonyms
- kvist (dormer)
Etymology 2
From Latin arcus, via Low German ark
Noun
ark n (definite singular arket, indefinite plural ark, definite plural arka)
- a sheet (of paper)
Synonyms
- papir
Derived terms
- A4-ark
- faktaark
- papirark
References
- “ark” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish ark, borrowed from Latin arca, into the Germanic languages in pre-Christian time.
Noun
ark c
- an ark, a box; the Ark of the Covenant
- the ark (ship) of Noah, resembling a box
Declension
Related terms
- förbundsark
Etymology 2
From Old Swedish ark, from Middle Low German ark, from Latin arcus (“bow”). Compare German Bogen. It refers to the bend of the parchment when folded.
Noun
ark n
- a sheet of paper
- (printing) a signature, a multiple of four pages printed on a single sheet, which is folded and bound into a book
Declension
Synonyms
- papper
- blad
Related terms
- arkmatare
- arksignatur
- dubbelark
Descendants
- ? Finnish: arkki
References
Anagrams
- kar, rak
West Frisian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ark/
Noun
ark n (no plural)
- tool
- stuff, junk
Further reading
- “ark (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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auk
English
Alternative forms
- awk, alk
Etymology
From Icelandic álka, from Old Norse alka (“auk”), from Proto-Germanic *alk?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?el- (“a kind of bird”). Cognate with Swedish alka (“auk”), Norwegian and Danish alke (“auk”), Swedish dialectal alla (“long-tailed duck”) (Clangula hyemalis, syn. Fuligula glacialis), Latin olor (“swan”), Ancient Greek ???? (eléa, “marsh-bird”), Welsh alarch (“swan”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??k/
- Homophone: awk
Noun
auk (plural auks)
- Any of several species of Arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae.
- 2018, Louise Tickle, The Guardian, 20 June:
- Further afield, these auks are also in dire straits: Norway has seen vertiginous crashes, with hundreds of thousands of adult puffins in the once-teeming colony of Røst struggling to fledge any chicks in recent years.
- Synonym: alcid
- 2018, Louise Tickle, The Guardian, 20 June:
Translations
Anagrams
- Kau
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *augô. Cognate to Finnish aukko, Livonian ouk and Votic aukko.
Noun
auk (genitive augu, partitive auku)
- hole, cavity
- pit
- gap, opening
Declension
Derived terms
- must auk
- auklik
Gothic
Romanization
auk
- Romanization of ????????????
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [øy?k]
- Rhymes: -øy?k
Preposition
auk
- (governs the genitive) in addition to
Derived terms
- að auki, þar að auki (besides, moreover)
- auk heldur
- auk þess heldur, aukin heldur
- auk þess
Inuktitut
Noun
auk
- Latin spelling of ??? (auk)
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
auk
- imperative of auke
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
auk
- imperative of auka and auke
Old Norse
Alternative forms
- ok
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *auk (“also”). Cognate with Old English ?ac, Old Frisian ?k, Old Saxon ?k, Old High German ouh, Gothic ???????????? (auk).
Conjunction
auk (runic script ???)
- and
Descendants
- Icelandic: og
- Faroese: og
- Norwegian: og, òg, au
- Old Swedish: ok, och, ogh
- Swedish: och, ock
- Elfdalian: og
- Danish: og
- Westrobothnian: åg
- Jamtish: og
- ? Middle English: oc, ok
- ? Scots: okname, ockname
Sakizaya
Noun
auk
- bamboo
Tocharian B
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h?óg??is. Cognate with Ancient Greek ???? (óphis) and Sanskrit ??? (ahi).
Noun
auk ?
- snake, serpent
Westrobothnian
Etymology 1
From Old Norse auka, from Proto-Germanic *aukan?. Akin to English eke, Danish øge, Gothic ???????????????????? (aukan), Latin auge?, Latvian augt.
Pronunciation
- (Burträsk) IPA(key): /²æ???k/
- (Luleå) IPA(key): /²e???k/
- Rhymes: -?????k
Verb
auk (preterite aukt or aukä, supine aukt or aukä)
- (transitive) to increase
Related terms
- öukspena
Etymology 2
From Old Norse eykr, from Proto-Germanic *jaukij?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /é???k/ (example of pronunciation)
- Rhymes: -?????k
Noun
auk m
- draught animal
References
Yup'ik
Noun
auk
- blood
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