sparken

English

Etymology

From spark +‎ -en.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)kən

Verb

sparken (third-person singular simple present sparkens, present participle sparkening, simple past and past participle sparkened)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To spark or ignite in sparks
    • 1929, Percy MacKaye, Weathergoose-woo!, page 171:
      […] and her princess-feather flipped purty in the wind; and thar a siller wishbone jewelled betwixt her breastes; and her pink-red-pepper wristicuffs sparkened; […]
    • 2008, Ken Muller, RANDOM FITZ of KINDNESS, page 28:
      And milady said, “I am but an afterthought. Nothing more. I am but an instrument. Nothng more. I am but a sparkened catalyst. Nothing more”

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English spearcian; equivalent to spark +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsparkən/

Verb

sparken (rare)

  1. To spark (emit sparks)
  2. To sparkle; to glitter.
Conjugation
Conjugation of sparken (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) sparken, sparke
present tense past tense
1st-person singular sparke sparked
2nd-person singular sparkest sparkedest
3rd-person singular sparketh sparked
subjunctive singular sparke
imperative singular —
plural1 sparken, sparke sparkeden, sparkede
imperative plural sparketh, sparke —
participles sparkynge, sparkende sparked

1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants
  • English: spark
  • Scots: spark, sperk
References

Etymology 2

From Old English spearcan; equivalent to sparke +‎ -en (plural suffix).

Noun

sparken

  1. (chiefly Early Middle English) plural of sparke

Swedish

Noun

sparken

  1. definite singular of spark
    Han fick sparken
    He was fired

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