kyrka

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

kyrka (present tense kyrker, past tense kyrkte, past participle kyrkt, passive infinitive kyrkast, present participle kyrkande, imperative kyrk)

  1. Alternative spelling of kyrke

Swedish

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en kyrka (Lunds domkyrka)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Swedish kyrkia, kirkia, from Old Norse kirkja, from Old English cirice, from Late Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, from Byzantine Greek κυριακόν (δόμα) (kuriakón (dóma), literally “Lord's (house)”), from Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, “lord”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ɕʏrka/, (dated, dialectal:) /²ɕørka/, (Finland Swedish:) /²tɕʏrka/
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Noun

kyrka c

  1. a church (building)
  2. a church (organization)

Declension

Declension of kyrka
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kyrka kyrkas
definite kyrkan kyrkans
plural indefinite kyrkor kyrkors
definite kyrkorna kyrkornas

Derived terms

References

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