kark

See also: Kark, kark., and kärk-

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъrkъ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkark/
• Rhymes: -ark
• Syllabification: kark

Noun

kark m inan

1. nape, nucha (back part of the neck)

Declension

Declension of kark

	singular	plural
nominative	kark	karczi
genitive	karkù	karków
dative	karkòwi	karkóm
accusative	kark	karczi
instrumental	karkã	karkama
locative	karkù	karkach
vocative	karkù	karczi

Further reading

• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “kark”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “kark”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “kark”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Hypercorrection of karsk. The letter "r" in Nynorsk/Bokmål-spelled words corresponds in most cases to /ʂ/ in Trøndelag dialect if it stands before s, k, t or p. Due to this change, the letter combination rk can be written as rsk (or sjk) in dialectal spelling, and vice versa (e.g. oberst can be mispronouced as obert in case of self-correction of the speaker who tries to avoid dialect in his/her speech).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʂk/

Noun

kark ?

1. (dialectal, Trøndelag) pronunciation spelling or back-formation of karsk (“coffee together with moonshine and sugar”)

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъrkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kurkas, from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥kos. Doublet of cyrk.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈkark/

• (Masovia):
  • (Near Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈkark/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ark
• Syllabification: kark

Noun

kark m inan (diminutive karczek, augmentative karczycho or karczysko)

1. nape, nucha (back part of the neck)
2. (Near Masovian, milling) narrow part of a windmill shaft on which it rests and rotates

Declension

Declension of kark

	singular	plural
nominative	kark	karki
genitive	karku	karków
dative	karkowi	karkom
accusative	kark	karki
instrumental	karkiem	karkami
locative	karku	karkach
vocative	karku	karki

Noun

kark m pers

1. (slang) strong, muscular man

Declension

Declension of kark

	singular	plural
nominative	kark	karki
genitive	karka	karków
dative	karkowi	karkom
accusative	karka	karków
instrumental	karkiem	karkami
locative	karku	karkach
vocative	karku	karki

Derived terms

adjectives

• karczysty
• karkowy

 

noun

• karkówka

 

Related terms

noun

• karkóweczka

 

Further reading

• kark in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kark in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “kark”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 365

Swedish

Noun

kark c

1. (Northern Swedish) a rope made of sinews of an animal
2. (folklore) a trollbälte made of sinews of a dead person

Declension

Declension of kark

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kark	karks
	definite	karken	karkens
plural	indefinite	karkar	karkars
	definite	karkarna	karkarnas