erk
Appearance
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k
Etymology 1
[edit]Claimed to be a respelling of the abbreviation airc for aircraftsman;[1] or else from irk.[2]
Noun
[edit]erk (plural erks)
- (British, slang) A member of the groundcrew in the RAF.
- 2004, Andrea Levy, chapter 9, in Small Island[1], London: Review, page 345:
- But I wasn’t accepted for flying duty—eyesight failed me. Neither was Frank, which, I’m ashamed to say, I found a relief. We were both channelled as aircrafthands, known to everyone as erks.
References
[edit]- ^ Eric Partridge (1970) A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English […], 7th edition, New York: Macmillan, page 1123
- ^ Eric Partridge (1937) A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English […], London: Macmillan, page 258
Etymology 2
[edit]Interjection
[edit]erk
- (colloquial) An expression of trepidation; eek.
- (Australia, colloquial) An expression of revulsion or disgust; yuck.
- 1959, D'Arcy Niland, The Big Smoke, page 43:
- ‘Gawd, erk!’ She recoiled and turned away.
- 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, page 29:
- ‘Erk! What’s that big ugly growth you’ve got?’
Derived terms
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[edit]Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *herkkä. Cognate to Finnish herkkä (“delicate, sensitive”), Livonian erk (“lively”), and Votic herkkõ (“gentle”). See also ere.
Adjective
[edit]erk (genitive ergu, partitive erku, comparative ergum, superlative kõige ergum) or
erk (genitive erga, partitive erka, comparative ergam, superlative kõige ergam)
Declension
[edit]Declension of erk (ÕS type 22e/riik, k-g gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | erk | ergud | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | ergu | ||
genitive | erkude | ||
partitive | erku | erke erkusid | |
illative | erku ergusse |
erkudesse ergesse | |
inessive | ergus | erkudes erges | |
elative | ergust | erkudest ergest | |
allative | ergule | erkudele ergele | |
adessive | ergul | erkudel ergel | |
ablative | ergult | erkudelt ergelt | |
translative | erguks | erkudeks ergeks | |
terminative | erguni | erkudeni | |
essive | erguna | erkudena | |
abessive | erguta | erkudeta | |
comitative | erguga | erkudega |
Declension of erk (ÕS type 22e/riik, k-g gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | erk | ergad | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | erga | ||
genitive | erkade | ||
partitive | erka | erke erkasid | |
illative | erka ergasse |
erkadesse ergesse | |
inessive | ergas | erkades erges | |
elative | ergast | erkadest ergest | |
allative | ergale | erkadele ergele | |
adessive | ergal | erkadel ergel | |
ablative | ergalt | erkadelt ergelt | |
translative | ergaks | erkadeks ergeks | |
terminative | ergani | erkadeni | |
essive | ergana | erkadena | |
abessive | ergata | erkadeta | |
comitative | ergaga | erkadega |
Tocharian B
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
[edit]erk ?
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “erk”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Turkic *erk.
Noun
[edit]erk (definite accusative erki, plural erkler)
- ability to have a say in (power to influence)
- penetration
- The authority or ability of an individual, a society, to dominate, oppress and control other individuals, groups, or societies, interfere with their freedoms, and force them to behave in certain ways. (Exact official meaning in TDK)
Declension
[edit]Inflection | ||
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Nominative | erk | |
Definite accusative | erki | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | erk | erkler |
Definite accusative | erki | erkleri |
Dative | erke | erklere |
Locative | erkte | erklerde |
Ablative | erkten | erklerden |
Genitive | erkin | erklerin |
Derived terms
[edit]Uyghur
[edit]Other scripts | |
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Perso-Arabic | ئەرك |
Latin | erk |
Cyrillic | әрк |
Noun
[edit]erk
- Latin spelling of ئەرك (erk, “freedom, liberty”)
Uzbek
[edit]Noun
[edit]erk (plural erklar)
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