durk

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch durk or Middle Low German dork. 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 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative durk durken durkar durkarna
Genitive durks durkens durkars 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 Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
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