different between firk vs fir

English

Alternative forms

• ferk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??(?)k/
• Rhymes: -??(?)k

Etymology 1

From Middle English firken, ferken (“to proceed, hasten”), from Old English fercian (“to bring, assist, support, carry, conduct, convey, proceed”); perhaps akin to Old English faran (“to fare, go”), English fare; if so, equivalent to fare +? -k. Cognate with Old High German fuora (“benefit, sustenance, support”), Swabian fergen, ferken (“to bring, dispatch”).

Verb

firk (third-person singular simple present firks, present participle firking, simple past and past participle firked)

1. (transitive) To carry away or about; carry; move.
2. (transitive) To drive away.

   I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him. - Shakespeare The Life of Henry the Fifth: IV, iv

3. (transitive) To rouse; raise up.
4. (intransitive) To move quickly; go off or fly out suddenly; turn out.
   • 1610, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist

     A wench is a rare bait, with which a man / No sooner's taken but he straight firks mad.

Noun

firk (plural firks)

1. A stroke; lash.

Etymology 2

Probably an alteration of freak.

Noun

firk (plural firks)

1. (Britain dialectal) A freak; trick; quirk.

Derived terms

• firkery

English

Etymology

From Middle English firre, from either Old Norse fýri (as in fýriskógr (“pine-wood”) or Old English fyrh, furh (as in furhwudu (“pinewood”), from Proto-West Germanic *furhu, from Proto-Germanic *furh?, *furhij? from Proto-Indo-European *p??k?eh?, from *pérk?us (“oak”).

Germanic cognates include Dutch vuren, Low German Fuhr, German Föhre (“pine”), Danish fyr). Outside of Germanic, compare Italian (Trentino) porca (“fir”), Latin quercus (“oak”), Albanian shpardh, shparr (“Italian oak”), Punjabi ????? (parg??, “holm oak, Quercus baloot”)). Related to frith.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f??(?)/
• (US) enPR: fûr, IPA^(key): /f?/
• (Scotland), IPA^(key): /f??/
• Rhymes: -??(r)
• Homophone: fur (with the fir-fur merger)

Noun

fir (countable and uncountable, plural firs)

1. (chiefly countable) A conifer of the genus Abies.
2. (chiefly countable) Any pinaceous conifer of related genera, especially a Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga) or a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris).
   • 1991, Paul Chadwick, Concrete: American Christmas, Dark Horse Books

     I can almost smell the fir scent… resinous, pungent.

3. (uncountable) Wood of such trees.

Synonyms

• (all countable senses): fir tree

Derived terms

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Fri, IFR, IRF, RFI, RIF, Rif, rif

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f????/

Noun

fir m

1. inflection of fear (“man; husband”):
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German furi, from Proto-West Germanic *furi, from Proto-Germanic *furi. Cognate with German für, English for.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi??/, [?fi?.?], [fi??]
• IPA^(key): /fe(?)/, [f?], [f?] (reduced)
• Homophone: vir

Preposition

fir (+ accusative)

1. for

Derived terms

• fir datt
• fir d'éischt
• fir ze

Manx

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?r/

Noun

fir

1. plural of fer

Mutation

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

• firr

Noun

fir f

1. flight (act of flying)

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

fir

1. imperative of fire

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?ir?/

Noun

fir

1. inflection of fer:
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative plural

Mutation

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin f?lum, from Proto-Indo-European *g??iH-(s-)lo-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fir/

Noun

fir n (plural fire)

1. thread, string, filament, wire
2. (fir de p?r) a hair

Derived terms

• desfira
• înfira
• r?sfira

See also

• sârm? f

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

fir m

1. genitive singular of fear
2. nominative plural of fear

Mutation