mörk

See also: mørk and Mork

Icelandic

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse mǫrk, cognate to German Mark.

Noun

mörk f (genitive singular markar or merkur, nominative plural merkur)

  1. mark (a unit of weight, about 250 grams or 8 ounces)
    leggja eitthvað af mörkum
    to contribute something (money, work, etc.)
Declension
Declension of mörk (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mörk mörkin merkur merkurnar
accusative mörk mörkina merkur merkurnar
dative mörk mörkinni mörkum mörkunum
genitive markar, merkur markarinnar, merkurinnar marka markanna

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Norse mǫrk, from Proto-Germanic *markō.

Noun

mörk f (genitive singular markar or merkur, nominative plural merkur) (archaic)

  1. forest, woodland
  2. borderland, marches
Usage notes
  • The archaic declension mörku (dat. sg.) is rare, but may occur in the dative as well as accusative of derivatives (eg. Danmörk). Compare jörð, sól and nótt.
Declension
Declension of mörk (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mörk mörkin merkur merkurnar
accusative mörk mörkina merkur merkurnar
dative mörk, mörku1 mörkinni mörkum mörkunum
genitive markar, merkur markarinnar, merkurinnar marka markanna

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References

  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “mörk”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
  • Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
  • “mörk” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
  • “mörk”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, (Can we date this quote?)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish myrker, mørker, from Old Norse myrkr, from Proto-Germanic *merkuz. Cognate with English murk.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mœrk/, [ˈmœ̞rːk]
  • (nonstandard, nonetheless common[1]) IPA(key): /mɵrk/, [ˈmɵrːk]

Adjective

mörk (comparative mörkare, superlative mörkast)

  1. dark (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
  2. dark (of colors)
  3. deep and dull (of a voice or the like)
  4. dark (causing dejection)

Declension

Inflection of mörk
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular mörk mörkare mörkast
neuter singular mörkt mörkare mörkast
plural mörka mörkare mörkast
masculine plural2 mörke mörkare mörkast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 mörke mörkare mörkaste
all mörka mörkare mörkaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Tomas Riad (2013) “Våra vokaler förändras. En del flyter samman, andra glider isär. [Our vowels change. Some blend together, others drift apart.]”, in Språktidningen [The language journal]‎[1], number 3
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