sarka

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See also: šarka, Šárka, sarķa, and sarƙa

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sarka, from Proto-Uralic *sarka (branch?). Cognates include Estonian sarg, Ingrian sarka, Karelian sarka, Livvi sargu, Veps sarg, Votic sarkõ, Northern Sami suorgi (branch), Tundra Nenets (tārka, branch) and Northern Selkup (tolka, branch) (from Proto-Samoyedic *tårkå).

Pronunciation

Noun

sarka

  1. patch, strip (of field)
  2. frieze (textile)
  3. (figuratively) field, area, branch
    Synonym: ala
  4. (colloquial) chance, odds
    Voittoon ei ollut mitään sarkaa.
    There was no chance to win.

Declension

Inflection of sarka (Kotus type 9*D/kala, k- gradation)
nominative sarka sarat
genitive saran sarkojen
partitive sarkaa sarkoja
illative sarkaan sarkoihin
singular plural
nominative sarka sarat
accusative nom. sarka sarat
gen. saran
genitive saran sarkojen
sarkain rare
partitive sarkaa sarkoja
inessive sarassa saroissa
elative sarasta saroista
illative sarkaan sarkoihin
adessive saralla saroilla
ablative saralta saroilta
allative saralle saroille
essive sarkana sarkoina
translative saraksi saroiksi
abessive saratta saroitta
instructive saroin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of sarka (Kotus type 9*D/kala, k- gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sarkani sarkani
accusative nom. sarkani sarkani
gen. sarkani
genitive sarkani sarkojeni
sarkaini rare
partitive sarkaani sarkojani
inessive sarassani saroissani
elative sarastani saroistani
illative sarkaani sarkoihini
adessive sarallani saroillani
ablative saraltani saroiltani
allative saralleni saroilleni
essive sarkanani sarkoinani
translative sarakseni saroikseni
abessive sarattani saroittani
instructive
comitative sarkoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sarkasi sarkasi
accusative nom. sarkasi sarkasi
gen. sarkasi
genitive sarkasi sarkojesi
sarkaisi rare
partitive sarkaasi sarkojasi
inessive sarassasi saroissasi
elative sarastasi saroistasi
illative sarkaasi sarkoihisi
adessive sarallasi saroillasi
ablative saraltasi saroiltasi
allative sarallesi saroillesi
essive sarkanasi sarkoinasi
translative saraksesi saroiksesi
abessive sarattasi saroittasi
instructive
comitative sarkoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative sarkamme sarkamme
accusative nom. sarkamme sarkamme
gen. sarkamme
genitive sarkamme sarkojemme
sarkaimme rare
partitive sarkaamme sarkojamme
inessive sarassamme saroissamme
elative sarastamme saroistamme
illative sarkaamme sarkoihimme
adessive sarallamme saroillamme
ablative saraltamme saroiltamme
allative sarallemme saroillemme
essive sarkanamme sarkoinamme
translative saraksemme saroiksemme
abessive sarattamme saroittamme
instructive
comitative sarkoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative sarkanne sarkanne
accusative nom. sarkanne sarkanne
gen. sarkanne
genitive sarkanne sarkojenne
sarkainne rare
partitive sarkaanne sarkojanne
inessive sarassanne saroissanne
elative sarastanne saroistanne
illative sarkaanne sarkoihinne
adessive sarallanne saroillanne
ablative saraltanne saroiltanne
allative sarallenne saroillenne
essive sarkananne sarkoinanne
translative saraksenne saroiksenne
abessive sarattanne saroittanne
instructive
comitative sarkoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative sarkansa sarkansa
accusative nom. sarkansa sarkansa
gen. sarkansa
genitive sarkansa sarkojensa
sarkainsa rare
partitive sarkaansa sarkojaan
sarkojansa
inessive sarassaan
sarassansa
saroissaan
saroissansa
elative sarastaan
sarastansa
saroistaan
saroistansa
illative sarkaansa sarkoihinsa
adessive sarallaan
sarallansa
saroillaan
saroillansa
ablative saraltaan
saraltansa
saroiltaan
saroiltansa
allative saralleen
sarallensa
saroilleen
saroillensa
essive sarkanaan
sarkanansa
sarkoinaan
sarkoinansa
translative sarakseen
saraksensa
saroikseen
saroiksensa
abessive sarattaan
sarattansa
saroittaan
saroittansa
instructive
comitative sarkoineen
sarkoinensa

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

Hausa

Pronunciation

Noun

sàr̃kā f (possessed form sàr̃kar̃)

  1. Alternative form of sàlkā

Hungarian

Etymology

From the sark- stem of sarok (corner; heel) +‎ -a (his/her/its, possessive suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: sar‧ka

Noun

sarka

  1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of sarok

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative sarka
accusative sarkát
dative sarkának
instrumental sarkával
causal-final sarkáért
translative sarkává
terminative sarkáig
essive-formal sarkaként
essive-modal sarkául
inessive sarkában
superessive sarkán
adessive sarkánál
illative sarkába
sublative sarkára
allative sarkához
elative sarkából
delative sarkáról
ablative sarkától
non-attributive
possessive - singular
sarkáé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
sarkáéi

Ingrian

Sarka (1).

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sarka. Cognates include Finnish sarka and Estonian sarg.

Pronunciation

Noun

sarka

  1. strip, patch (of a field)
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 40:
      Sarat kitsaat laahittii.
      The narrow strips of the field were ploughed.
  2. frieze (coarse woolen cloth)

Declension

Declension of sarka (type 3/kana, k- gradation)
singular plural
nominative sarka sarat
genitive saran sarkoin
partitive sarkaa sarkoja
illative sarkaa sarkoi
inessive saras sarois
elative sarast saroist
allative saralle saroille
adessive saral saroil
ablative saralt saroilt
translative saraks saroiks
essive sarkanna, sarkaan sarkoinna, sarkoin
exessive1) sarkant sarkoint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

References

  • Fedor Tumansky (1790) “сарка”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 695
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 506

Latvian

Verb

sarka

  1. third-person singular/plural past indicative of sarkt

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsar.ka/
  • Rhymes: -arka
  • Syllabification: sar‧ka

Verb

sarka

  1. third-person singular present of sarkać