forken
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Alternative forms ===
forkin
=== Etymology ===
From fork + -en, modelled after strong past participles.
=== Adjective ===
forken (comparative more forken, superlative most forken)
(archaic) Forked.
1977, American Guild of Organists, Royal Canadian College of Organists, Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America, The American organist:
While an organ with a "forken tongue" may sound loud enough in the church, there is a real loss of clarity.
== Danish ==
=== Noun ===
forken c
definite singular of fork
== Middle English ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
From forke + -en (infinitival suffix).
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ˈfɔrkən/
==== Verb ====
forken
(intransitive) To fork, split, divide, separate (into distinct sections)
(intransitive, anatomical, rare, Late Middle English) To have a point or spike.
===== Conjugation =====
===== Descendants =====
English: (to) fork
===== References =====
“forken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 April 2018.
=== Etymology 2 ===
From forke + -en (“plural ending”).
==== Noun ====
forken
(Early Middle English) plural of forke