durk

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

durk m inan

  1. (Kielce) alternative form of druk

Further reading

  • Hieronim Łopaciński (1892) “durk”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 192

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch durk or Middle Low German dork, both possibly ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *dalk. Further origin dubious. Cognate of Norwegian Bokmål dørk.

Noun

durk c

  1. (nautical) deck; floor of a ship
  2. (nautical) hold; storage room in the bottom of a warship

Declension

Declension of durk
nominative genitive
singular indefinite durk durks
definite durken durkens
plural indefinite durkar durkars
definite durkarna durkarnas

Derived terms

References

Yola

Noun

durk [1]

  1. alternative form of dhourk
    • 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, lines 11[2]:
      In durk Ich red virst mee left-vooted shoe."
      In the dark I happened first on my left-footed shoe."

References

  1. ^ Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 36
  2. ^ Kathleen A. Browne (1927) “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎[1], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
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