verka
See also: Věrka
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *vërka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋerkɑ/, [ˈʋe̞rkɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -erkɑ
- Syllabification(key): ver‧ka
- Hyphenation(key): ver‧ka
Noun
verka
- broadcloth; a dense, short-pile, fairly smooth woolen fabric woven of carded yarn, either plain-woven or twilled and then fulled; more fine, thin and valued than wadmal (sarka)
- (nonspecific) synonym of boiji (“baize”)
- (billiards) cloth, felt, baize, green baize
Declension
| Inflection of verka (Kotus type 9*D/kala, k-∅ gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | verka | verat | |
| genitive | veran | verkojen | |
| partitive | verkaa | verkoja | |
| illative | verkaan | verkoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | verka | verat | |
| accusative | nom. | verka | verat |
| gen. | veran | ||
| genitive | veran | verkojen verkain rare | |
| partitive | verkaa | verkoja | |
| inessive | verassa | veroissa | |
| elative | verasta | veroista | |
| illative | verkaan | verkoihin | |
| adessive | veralla | veroilla | |
| ablative | veralta | veroilta | |
| allative | veralle | veroille | |
| essive | verkana | verkoina | |
| translative | veraksi | veroiksi | |
| abessive | veratta | veroitta | |
| instructive | — | veroin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “verka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 4 July 2023
Anagrams
Icelandic
Noun
verka
- indefinite genitive plural of verk
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *vërka. Cognate to Finnish verka and Veps verg.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋerkɑ/, [ˈʋe̞rk]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋerkɑ/, [ˈʋe̞rɡ̊ɑ]
- Rhymes: -erk, -erkɑ
- Hyphenation: ver‧ka
Noun
verka
Declension
| Declension of verka (type 3/kana, k- gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | verka | verat |
| genitive | veran | verkoin |
| partitive | verkaa | verkoja |
| illative | verkaa | verkoi |
| inessive | veras | verois |
| elative | verast | veroist |
| allative | veralle | veroille |
| adessive | veral | veroil |
| ablative | veralt | veroilt |
| translative | veraks | veroiks |
| essive | verkanna, verkaan | verkoinna, verkoin |
| exessive1) | verkant | verkoint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Derived terms
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 654
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Noun
verka n
- definite plural of verk (Etymology 2)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse verka. Akin to English work.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²ʋɛrkɑ/
- IPA(key): /ʋɛʂk/ (Trøndelag)
Verb
verka (present tense verkar, past tense verka, past participle verka, passive infinitive verkast, present participle verkande, imperative verka/verk)
- to work (have effect)
- Medisinen verka godt.
- The medicine worked well.
- to seem, appear
- Det verkar ikkje som om du forstår.
- It does not seem like you understand.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²ʋɛrkɑ/
Verb
verka (present tense verker, past tense verkte, past participle verkt, passive infinitive verkast, present participle verkande, imperative verk)
- alternative form of verkja
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɛrkɑ/
Noun
verka n
- definite plural of verk (Etymology 2)
References
- “verka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish värkia, from Old Norse verka, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom. Compare German werken and German wirken.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɛrˌka/, [ˈværːˌkʲa]
Audio: (file) - Homophone: värka
- Hyphenation: ver‧ka
Verb
verka (present verkar, preterite verkade, supine verkat, imperative verka)
- to work, to act
- Den speciella ortogonala gruppen verkar på Rn genom rotationer
- The special orthogonal group acts on Rn by rotations
- to seem as, appear, to have an appearance as of
- Det verkar som om att han är arg.
- It seems as if he is angry.
- to pare or trim the hoof of a horse
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | verka | — | ||
| supine | verkat | — | ||
| imperative | verka | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | verken | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | verkar | verkade | — | — |
| ind. plural1 | verka | verkade | — | — |
| subjunctive2 | verke | verkade | — | — |
| present participle | verkande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.