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==Skundavisk== | ==Skundavisk== | ||
===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
From Middle Skundavisk ''muerk'', from Old Skundavisk ''muerka'', from Old Norse ''myrkr'', from Proto-Germanic ''*merkuz''. The inherited ''merkuŕ'' existed in early Halmisk, but quickly became obsolete before coming back through Old Norse some centuries later. Some linguists claim that ''mørk'' wasn't actually inherited from Middle Skundavisk but rather borrowed again from Early Modern Danish ''mørk'' because of the irregular vowel shift /ue/ > /ø/. However, most linguists think that the Danish form caused the irregular shift without replacing the word itself. | From Middle Skundavisk ''muerk'', from Old Skundavisk ''muerka'', from Old Norse ''myrkr'', from Proto-Germanic ''*merkuz''. The inherited ''ᛗᛖᚱᚲᚢᛉ'' (''merkuŕ'') existed in early Halmisk, but quickly became obsolete before coming back through Old Norse some centuries later. Some linguists claim that ''mørk'' wasn't actually inherited from Middle Skundavisk but rather borrowed again from Early Modern Danish ''mørk'' because of the irregular vowel shift /ue/ > /ø/. However, most linguists think that the Danish form caused the irregular shift without replacing the word itself. | ||
===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== | ||
Latest revision as of 08:59, 18 November 2019
Skundavisk
Etymology
From Middle Skundavisk muerk, from Old Skundavisk muerka, from Old Norse myrkr, from Proto-Germanic *merkuz. The inherited ᛗᛖᚱᚲᚢᛉ (merkuŕ) existed in early Halmisk, but quickly became obsolete before coming back through Old Norse some centuries later. Some linguists claim that mørk wasn't actually inherited from Middle Skundavisk but rather borrowed again from Early Modern Danish mørk because of the irregular vowel shift /ue/ > /ø/. However, most linguists think that the Danish form caused the irregular shift without replacing the word itself.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /mɶɐk/
Adjective
mørk (comparative mørker, superlative mørkest)
- dark
- Wi lepen in the mørken stråter thes stæd.
- We walked in the dark streets of the city.
- Wi lepen in the mørken stråter thes stæd.
Inflection
| number and gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | hi is mørk | si is mørk | hit is mørk | si sind mørk | |
| strong declension | common | mørk | mørke | mørk | mørke |
| genitive | mørkes | mørker | mørkes | mørker | |
| weak declension | common | mørke | mørke | mørke | mørken |
| genitive | mørken | mørken | mørken | mørken | |