Contionary:mørk

Skundavisk

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.

Pronunciation

IPA: /mɶɐk/

Adjective

mørk (comparative mørker, superlative mørkest)

1. dark

   Wi lepen in the mørken stråter thes stæd.

   We walked in the dark street of the city.

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