Monday, April 22, 2013

Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: hark

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===Etymology===

  

===Etymology===
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From {{etyl|enm}} {{term|herken|lang=enm}}, {{term|herkien|lang=enm}}, from {{etyl|ang}} {{recons|hercian|lang=ang}}, {{recons|heorcian|lang=ang}}, {{recons|hiercian|lang=ang}}, ultimately from {{etyl|gem-pro|en}} {{recons|hauzijaną||to hear|lang=gem-pro}} + formative/intensive {{term|-k|lang=en}}. Cognate with {{etyl|sco|-}} {{term|herk||to hark|lang=sco}}, {{etyl|frr|-}} {{term|harke||to hark|lang=frr}}, {{etyl|fy|-}} {{term|harkje||to listen|lang=fy}}, obsolete {{etyl|nl|-}} {{term|horken||to hark, listen to|lang=nl}}, {{etyl|gml|-}} {{term|horken||to hark|lang=gml}}, {{etyl|de|-}} {{term|horchen||to hark, harken to|lang=de}}.

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From {{etyl|enm}} {{term|herken|lang=enm}}, {{term|herkien|lang=enm}}, from {{etyl|ang}} {{recons|hercian|lang=ang}}, {{recons|heorcian|lang=ang}}, {{recons|hiercian|lang=ang}}, ultimately from {{etyl|gem-pro|en}} {{recons|hauzijaną||to hear|lang=gem-pro}} + formative/intensive {{term|-k|lang=en}} (see also the related {{term|hyran|hȳran|lang=ang}}, whence English {{term|hear|lang=en}}). Cognate with {{etyl|sco|-}} {{term|herk||to hark|lang=sco}}, {{etyl|frr|-}} {{term|harke||to hark|lang=frr}}, {{etyl|fy|-}} {{term|harkje||to listen|lang=fy}}, obsolete {{etyl|nl|-}} {{term|horken||to hark, listen to|lang=nl}}, {{etyl|gml|-}} {{term|horken||to hark|lang=gml}}, {{etyl|de|-}} {{term|horchen||to hark, harken to|lang=de}}.
   
 

===Pronunciation===

  

===Pronunciation===
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====Derived terms====

  

====Derived terms====
 

* [[hark back]]

  

* [[hark back]]
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* [[harken]]

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====Related terms====
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* {{l|en|harken}}/{{l|en|hearken}}
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* {{l|en|hear}}
   
 

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Latest revision as of 23:36, 22 April 2013

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English herken, herkien, from Old English *hercian, *heorcian, *hiercian, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną ("to hear") + formative/intensive -k (see also the related hȳran, whence English hear). Cognate with Scots herk ("to hark"), North Frisian harke ("to hark"), West Frisian harkje ("to listen"), obsolete Dutch horken ("to hark, listen to"), Middle Low German horken ("to hark"), German horchen ("to hark, harken to").

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Verb

hark (third-person singular simple present harks, present participle harking, simple past and past participle harked)

  1. To listen attentively; often used in the imperative.

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[edit] Albanian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin arcus.

[edit] Noun

hark m

  1. bow
  2. arch

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

hark m (plural harken, diminutive harkje)

  1. rake (garden tool)

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Verb

hark

  1. first-person singular present indicative of harken
  2. imperative of harken
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