sarka
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Sarka (1).
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
- patch, strip (of field)
- frieze (textile)
- (figuratively) field, area, branch
- Synonym: ala
- (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. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “sarka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams
Hausa
Pronunciation
Noun
sàr̃kā f (possessed form sàr̃kar̃)
- Alternative form of sàlkā
Hungarian
Etymology
From the sark- stem of sarok (“corner; heel”) + -a (“his/her/its”, possessive suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
sarka
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
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *sarka. Cognates include Finnish sarka and Estonian sarg.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsɑrkɑ/,
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsɑrkɑ/,
- Rhymes: -ɑrk, -ɑrkɑ
- Hyphenation: sar‧ka
Noun
sarka
- 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.
- 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
Polish
Pronunciation
Verb
sarka