sark
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#SARKCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#SARK serk, sark, serke, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#SARKCategory:English terms derived from Old English#SARK serċ, sierċ m; and serċe, sierċe f (“sark, shirt, shift, smock, tunic, corselet, coat of mail”), from Proto-West GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#SARKCategory:English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#SARK *sarki, from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#SARKCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#SARK *sarkiz (“shirt, armour, hauberk”), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#SARK *swerg-, *swerk- (“clothes worn outside”), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#SARK *ser- (“to arrange, tack, tie, unite”).
Cognate with Scots sark, serk (“shirt, shift”), North Frisian serk (“shirt”), Danish særk (“gown, shirt”), Swedish särk (“shirt, chemise”), Icelandic serkur (“nightshirt”).
Noun
sark (plural sarks)Category:English lemmas#SARKCategory:English nouns#SARKCategory:English countable nouns#SARKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SARKCategory:Pages with entries#SARKCategory:Pages with 8 entries#SARK
- (ScotlandCategory:Scottish English#SARK and Northern EnglandCategory:Northern England English#SARK) A shirt or smock.
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
- The next thing the watchers saw was the laird struggling up the far bank and casting his coat from him, so that he rode in his sark.Category:English terms with quotations#SARK
- 2007, Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials, Bluefire, →ISBN, page 259:
- Then lorek's rear claws dug into the links of Iofur's chain-mail sark and ripped downward. The whole front came away, and Iofur lurched sideways to look at the damage, leaving lorek to scramble upright again.Category:English terms with quotations#SARK
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
sark (third-person singular simple present sarks, present participle sarking, simple past and past participle sarked)Category:English lemmas#SARKCategory:English verbs#SARKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SARKCategory:Pages with entries#SARKCategory:Pages with 8 entries#SARK
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#SARK) To cover with sarking, or thin boards.
Anagrams
Category:en:Clothing#SARKHungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʃɒrk]Category:Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation#SARK
- Hyphenation: sark
- Rhymes: -ɒrkCategory:Rhymes:Hungarian/ɒrk#SARKCategory:Rhymes:Hungarian/ɒrk/1 syllable#SARK
Noun
sark (plural sarkok)Category:Hungarian lemmas#SARKCategory:Hungarian nouns#SARKCategory:Hungarian entries with incorrect language header#SARKCategory:Pages with entries#SARKCategory:Pages with 8 entries#SARK
- pole (an extreme point of an axis, e.g. magnetically or geographically)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sark | sarkok |
| accusative | sarkot | sarkokat |
| dative | sarknak | sarkoknak |
| instrumental | sarkkal | sarkokkal |
| causal-final | sarkért | sarkokért |
| translative | sarkká | sarkokká |
| terminative | sarkig | sarkokig |
| essive-formal | sarkként | sarkokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | sarkban | sarkokban |
| superessive | sarkon | sarkokon |
| adessive | sarknál | sarkoknál |
| illative | sarkba | sarkokba |
| sublative | sarkra | sarkokra |
| allative | sarkhoz | sarkokhoz |
| elative | sarkból | sarkokból |
| delative | sarkról | sarkokról |
| ablative | sarktól | sarkoktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
sarké | sarkoké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
sarkéi | sarkokéi |
Derived terms
Further reading
- sark in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
Middle English
Noun
sarkCategory:Middle English alternative forms#SARKCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#SARKCategory:Pages with entries#SARKCategory:Pages with 8 entries#SARK
- alternative form of serk
North Frisian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old FrisianCategory:North Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian#SARK zerke, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:North Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#SARKCategory:North Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#SARK *kirikā. Cognates include West Frisian tsjerke.
Pronunciation
Noun
sark f (plural sarken)Category:North Frisian lemmas#SARKCategory:North Frisian nouns#SARKCategory:North Frisian entries with incorrect language header#SARKCategory:North Frisian feminine nouns#SARKCategory:Pages with entries#SARKCategory:Pages with 8 entries#SARK
- (Föhr-AmrumCategory:Föhr-Amrum North Frisian#SARK) church
- At St. Clemens sark as en sark uun Neebel üüb Oomram.
- Saint Clement's Church is a church in Nebel on Amrum.
- Uun a sark könst dach ei iidj!
- You can’t eat at church!
Usage notes
- One of the original feminines that still commonly take the reduced article a. Compare the different uses above and see at for further information.
Scots
Etymology
From Old EnglishCategory:Scots terms derived from Old English#SARK serc, syrc, sierce, from GermanicCategory:Scots terms derived from Germanic languages#SARK.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɑrk/Category:Scots terms with IPA pronunciation#SARK
- (Southern Scots) IPA(key): [sɛrk]Category:Scots terms with IPA pronunciation#SARK
Noun
sark (plural sarks)Category:Scots lemmas#SARKCategory:Scots nouns#SARKCategory:Scots entries with incorrect language header#SARKCategory:Pages with entries#SARKCategory:Pages with 8 entries#SARK
Derived terms
- cutty sark (“short chemise or undergarment”)
- sarkfu (“shirtful”)
- sarkin (“coarse linen for shirts; roof boarding”)
Verb
sark (third-person singular simple present sarks, present participle sarkin, simple past and past participle sarkit)Category:Scots lemmas#SARKCategory:Scots verbs#SARKCategory:Scots entries with incorrect language header#SARKCategory:Pages with entries#SARKCategory:Pages with 8 entries#SARK
- to clothe in or provide with a shirt
- to cover the rafters of a roof with wooden boards, line a roof with wood for the slates to be nailed on
Tocharian A
Etymology
Compare Tocharian B serke.
Noun
sarkCategory:Tocharian A lemmas#SARKCategory:Tocharian A nouns#SARKCategory:Tocharian A entries with incorrect language header#SARKCategory:Pages with entries#SARKCategory:Pages with 8 entries#SARK
Tocharian B
Noun
sarkCategory:Tocharian B lemmas#SARKCategory:Tocharian B nouns#SARKCategory:Tocharian B entries with incorrect language header#SARKCategory:Pages with entries#SARKCategory:Pages with 8 entries#SARK
- back (of the body)
Volapük
Noun
sark (genitive sarka, plural sarks)Category:Volapük lemmas#SARKCategory:Volapük nouns#SARKCategory:Volapük entries with incorrect language header#SARKCategory:Pages with entries#SARKCategory:Pages with 8 entries#SARK
Declension
Further reading
- “sark”, in Vödabuk (in English, Esperanto, and Volapük)