ark
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English arke, from Old English ærc, from Latin arca (“chest, box, coffer”), from arceō (“I enclose”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ark (plural arks)
- A large box with a flat lid.
- (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) Noah's ark: the ship built by Noah to save his family and a collection of animals from the deluge.
- 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 201:
- In the midrash about Noah it says that Noah had a stone which, when held up in the darkness of the ark, would change color when the sun was shining outside.
- Something affording protection; safety, shelter, refuge.
- (figuratively) The body as a vessel.
- 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XII:
- Like her I go; I cannot stay;
I leave this mortal ark behind,
A weight of nerves without a mind,
And leave the cliffs, and haste away […]
- A spacious type of boat with a flat bottom.
- 1990, Lou Sullivan, chapter 7, in From Female to Male: The Life of Jack Bee Garland, page 76:
- Some seventy or seventy-five arks were permanently located on McLeod's Lake and between 110 and 125 people lived in them.
- (Judaism) The Ark of the Covenant.
- (Judaism) A decorated cabinet at the front of a synagogue, in which Torah scrolls are kept.
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Descendants[edit]
- → Maori: āka
Translations[edit]
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Further reading[edit]
- “ark”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “ark”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams[edit]
Danish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Via Middle Low German ark from Latin arcus. The Latin words means "bow", but it is here used in a wider sense of the folded paper. Compare the same semantic development in German Bogen (“bow; sheet of paper”).
Noun[edit]
ark n (singular definite arket, plural indefinite arker)
- a sheet (of paper)
Declension[edit]
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Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Danish ark, Old Norse ǫrk, from Proto-Germanic *arkō, borrowed from Latin arca (“chest, coffin; ark”).
Noun[edit]
ark c (singular definite arken, plural indefinite arker)
Declension[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch arke. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ark f (plural arken, diminutive arkje n)
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Descendants[edit]
- Afrikaans: ark
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Danish ark, from Latin arcus.
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Noun[edit]
ark n (genitive singular arks, nominative plural örk)
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Maltese[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ark m (plural arkiet or arkijiet)
Manx[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish orc, arc (“young pig”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸorkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos, from *perḱ- (“to dig”).
Noun[edit]
ark f (genitive singular arkagh, plural arkyn or irk)
References[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 orc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Old French arc, from Latin arcus (“a bow, arc, arch”).
Noun[edit]
ark (plural arks)
- The path of the sun across the sky.
Descendants[edit]
- English: arc
References[edit]
- “ark, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
North Frisian[edit]
Determiner[edit]
ark
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse ǫrk (“chest”), from Proto-Norse *ᚨᚱᚲᚢ (*arku), borrowed during pre-Christian time from Latin arca (“chest, box”), from arceō (“enclose, box in”), from Proto-Italic *arkeō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk- (“to protect, guard”).
Noun[edit]
ark m (definite singular arken, indefinite plural arker, definite plural arkene)
- the ark (boat of Noah)
- paktens ark - the Ark of the Covenant
Synonyms[edit]
- kvist (dormer)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Danish ark, arken, arkens, through Middle Low German or Low German arkener (“breast protection”), from Old French arquiere (“shooting range”).
Noun[edit]
ark m (definite singular arken, indefinite plural arker, definite plural arkene)
- (architecture) a dormer
Etymology 3[edit]
From Low German ark, from Latin arcus (“arc, arch”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow, arrow”).
Noun[edit]
ark n (definite singular arket, indefinite plural ark, definite plural arka or arkene)
- a sheet (of paper)
Synonyms[edit]
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References[edit]
- “ark” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse ǫrk, from Latin arca (“chest, box”); sense 3 from Old French arquire, via Middle Low German or Low German and old Danish.
Noun[edit]
ark f (definite singular arka, indefinite plural arker, definite plural arkene)
- the ark (boat of Noah)
- paktarka - the Ark of the Covenant
- (architecture) a dormer
Synonyms[edit]
- kvist (dormer)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Latin arcus, via Low German ark.
Noun[edit]
ark n (definite singular arket, indefinite plural ark, definite plural arka)
- a sheet (of paper)
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “ark” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Swedish ark, borrowed from Latin arca, into the Germanic languages in pre-Christian time.[1]
Noun[edit]
ark c
- an ark, a box; the Ark of the Covenant
- the ark (ship) of Noah, resembling a box
Declension[edit]
Declension of ark | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ark | arken | arkar | arkarna |
Genitive | arks | arkens | arkars | arkarnas |
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Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Swedish ark, from Middle Low German ark, from Latin arcus (“bow”).[2] Compare German Bogen. It refers to the bend of the parchment when folded.[3]
Noun[edit]
ark n
- a sheet of paper (for writing on)
- (printing) a signature, a multiple of four pages printed on a single sheet, which is folded and bound into a book
Declension[edit]
Declension of ark | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ark | arket | ark | arken |
Genitive | arks | arkets | arks | arkens |
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Descendants[edit]
- → Finnish: arkki
References[edit]
- ^ ark in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- ^ ark in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- ^ ark 2 in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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Turkish[edit]
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Noun[edit]
ark (definite accusative arkı, plural arklar)
- (chiefly Internet) Abbreviation of arkadaş.
West Frisian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ark n (no plural)
Further reading[edit]
- “ark (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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