sirka

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See also: šířka and Širka

Czech

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sirky

Etymology

From síra +‎ -ka.

Pronunciation

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Noun

sirka f

  1. match (device to make fire)
    Synonym: zápalka

Declension

Declension of sirka (hard feminine reducible)
singular plural
nominative sirka sirky
genitive sirky sirek
dative sirce sirkám
accusative sirku sirky
vocative sirko sirky
locative sirce sirkách
instrumental sirkou sirkami

Derived terms

nouns

Further reading

  • “sirka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “sirka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “sirka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin circa.

Pronunciation

Adverb

sirka

  1. about, approximately, circa

Synonyms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin circa.

Pronunciation

Adverb

sirka

  1. about, approximately, circa

Synonyms

References

Slovak

Pronunciation

Noun

sirka f

  1. (colloquial, regional, Western Slovakia) match (device to make fire)
    Synonym: zápalka

Declension

Declension of sirka (pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativesirkasirky
genitivesirkysiriek
dativesirkesirkám
accusativesirkusirky
locativesirkesirkách
instrumentalsirkousirkami

Further reading

  • “sirka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Uzbek

Other scripts
Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic сирка‍
Latin sirka‍
Perso-Arabic
(Afghanistan)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sirke.

Noun

sirka (plural sirkalar)

  1. vinegar

Synonyms

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sirkëda.

Pronunciation

Adjective

sirka

  1. clear, transparent
  2. bright

Inflection

Declension of sirka (type VI/valka, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative sirka sirkad
genitive sirka sirkajõ, sirkai
partitive sirkatõ sirkaitõ, sirkai
illative sirkasõ, sirka sirkaisõ
inessive sirkaz sirkaiz
elative sirkassõ sirkaissõ
allative sirkalõ sirkailõ
adessive sirkallõ sirkaillõ
ablative sirkaltõ sirkailtõ
translative sirkassi sirkaissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “sirkaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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