Contionary:virkan
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Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse virka , doublet of wirken (German loan) and wrekjan (native).
Pronunciation
- (Standard)IPA: [ˈfiɾkɐn]
Verb
virkan, weak
- to extract (a resource)
- Ren grubhärkompanen welher sá ressourcen thropfs virkan.
- The mining companies want to extract the village's resources.
- Ren grubhärkompanen welher sá ressourcen thropfs virkan.
- to harness (energy)
- (with vo/fo or genitive) to take advantage of
- Há wésder, hwäg fo situatjon virkan.
- She knew how to take advantage of the situation.
- Há wésder, hwäg fo situatjon virkan.
- to operate (eg, a machine)
- (colloquial, figurative) to exploit someone
Inflection
| Conjugation of virkan (weak) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | (có) virkan | ||||||
| present infinitive | virkend | ||||||
| passive infinitive | gevirk | ||||||
| future infinitive | gevirking | ||||||
| gerund | virking | ||||||
| participle | gevirked | ||||||
| verbal noun | virkang | ||||||
| person | first singular ik |
second singular sjou |
third singular hé, há, hit, zé |
plural wé, sjöll, sjwä, wous, hén | |||
| indicative | present | virke | virkest | virker | virken | ||
| past simple | virkde | virkdest | virkder | virkden | |||
| past perfect | wäs gevirked | wärs gevirked | wär gevirked | wän gevirked | |||
| future simple | wer(ne) virke | wers virkest | wer virker | wern virken | |||
| future perfect | wer(ne) gevirked | wers gevirked | wer gevirked | wern gevirked | |||
| future progressive | wer(ne) gevirking | wers gevirking | wer gevirking | wern gevirking | |||
| subjunctive | present | virkä | virkäst | virkär | virkän | ||
| past | virkdä | virkdäst | virkdär | virkdän | |||
| imperative | virk | virke (zé) | virkan | ||||