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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

Adjective

mørk (comparative mørker, superlative mørkest)

  1. dark
    Wi lepen in the mørken stråter thes stæd.
    We walked in the dark streets 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

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