Contionary:virkan
Enventian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse virka , doublet of wirken (German loan) and werkjan (native).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA: [ˈfiɾkɑ̃], [-ə̃]
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
- (colloquial, figurative) to manipulate someone
- (colloquial, figurative) to know how to anger someone
Inflection
| Conjugation of virkan (weak) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | (tjó) virkan | ||||||
| present infinitive | virkend | ||||||
| passive infinitive | virkan weran | ||||||
| future infinitive | virkan scaweran | ||||||
| gerund | virking | ||||||
| participle | gevirkan | ||||||
| verbal noun | virkang | ||||||
| person | first singular ik |
second singular jou |
third singular he, sje, hit, zé |
plural wé, jall, jwä, hén | |||
| indicative | present | virke | virkest | virker | virken | ||
| past simple | virkde | virkdest | virkder | virkden | |||
| past perfect | wäs / habe gevirkan | wärs / hast gevirkan | wär / har gevirkan | wän / haben gevirkan | |||
| future simple | scall virkan | scalls virkan | scall virkan | scallen virkan | |||
| future perfect | wer(ne) virkan | wers virkan | wer virkan | wern virkan | |||
| plusquamperfect | wor gevirkan | wors gevirkan | wor gevirkan | worn gevirkan | |||
| conditional | scoll virkan | scolls virkan | scoll virkan | scoll virkan | |||
| subjunctive | present | virkä | virkäst | virkär | virkän | ||
| past | virkdä | virkdäst | virkdär | virkdän | |||
| imperative | virk | virke (zé) | virkan | ||||