årsk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • orsk
  • osjk
  • åsjk

Etymology

The ending -e has disappeared due to apocope. 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. [1]

Verb

årsk (present tense årske, past tense årska, past participle årske or årska)

  1. (dialectal, Trøndersk) eye dialect spelling of orka (In case of use of "kløyvd infinitiv" it is an e-infinitive verb spelled as orke.)

Usage notes

The negation form of present tense is årsk itj (see more at årske).

References

  1. ^ A. Dalen, J. R. Hagland, S. Hårstad, H. Rydving, O. Stemshaug (2008) Trøndersk språkhistorie: Språkforhold i ein region