different between dalk vs halk

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English dalke, dalk, from Old English dalc (“clasp, buckle, brooch, bracelet”), from Proto-Germanic *dalkaz (“clasp, pin”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?elg- (“to stick; needle, pin”). Cognate with Icelandic dálkur (“cloak-pin”), Latin falx (“scythe”). Doublet of falx.

Noun

dalk (plural dalks)

1. A pin; brooch; clasp

Etymology 2

From Middle English dalke; perhaps a diminutive of dale, dell. In that case from Old English *daluc, from Proto-Germanic *dalukaz.

Alternative forms

• delk

Noun

dalk (plural dalks)

1. (now rare) A hollow or depression.
   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 120:

     On a sunny September morning, with the trees still green, but the asters and fleabanes already taking over in ditch and dalk, Van set out for Ladoga, N.A.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch dadelijk, whence also the Afrikaans doublet dadelik (“immediately”). For a possible sense shift from “immediately” to “possibly” compare dialectal English drekly from directly. Note, however, that the Dutch adjective also used to mean “really, actually, indeed” (for which now daadwerkelijk, inderdaad); from this the Afrikaans sense can be derived simply through semantic weakening.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dalk/

Adverb

dalk

1. perchance, perhaps, possibly

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English dalc, from Proto-Germanic *dalkaz.

Noun

dalk

1. Alternative form of dalke (“brooch”)

Etymology 2

From Old English *daluc.

Noun

dalk

1. Alternative form of dalke (“depression”)

Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?h?lk]
• Rhymes: -?lk

Adjective

halk (comparative halkabb, superlative leghalkabb)

1. (of a voice or sound) low, muffled, quiet, soft

   Synonyms: csendes, suttogó, susogó, tompított, fojtott, elhaló, visszafogott

   Antonyms: hangos, harsány

2. (of movement) hushed, quiet, inaudible

   Synonyms: nesztelen, zajtalan, néma

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• halk in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Middle English

Noun

halk

1. A nook; a corner.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (halk), from Arabic ?????? (?alq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h??k/

Noun

halk (definite accusative halk?, plural halklar)

1. people

Declension