hark

== English == === Alternative forms === heark (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English herken, herkien, from Old English *hercian, *heorcian, *hiercian, from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀikōn, *hauʀukōn, derived ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną (“to hear”) + formative/intensive -k (see also the related hīeran, whence English hear). Equivalent to hear +‎ -k. 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”). === Pronunciation === enPR: härk, IPA(key): /hɑː(ɹ)k/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k === Verb === hark (third-person singular simple present harks, present participle harking, simple past and past participle harked) (archaic, often imperative) To listen attentively. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== harken/hearken hear ==== Translations ==== === Noun === hark (plural harks) (Scots) A whisper == Albanian == === Etymology === From Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷos (“bow, arrow”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) === Noun === hark m bow arch ==== Synonyms ==== ber lëmajë (dialectal, Pukë) == Basque == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hark/ [hark] IPA(key): (Southern) /ark/ [ark] Rhymes: -ark Hyphenation: hark === Determiner === hark ergative singular of hura === Pronoun === hark ergative singular of hura == Dutch == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɑrk === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch harke, of uncertain origin, but probably imitative of scratching or raking, similar to Icelandic hark (“noise, tumult”) and Swedish harkla (“to clear the throat”). ==== Noun ==== hark m (plural harken, diminutive harkje n) rake (garden tool) Synonyms: gritsel m (Belgium), raak f, rakel m, rijf c ===== Derived terms ===== harken ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: hark → Caribbean Javanese: hareg → Papiamentu: harka, hark → Saramaccan: hálíki → Sranan Tongo: ar'ari, har'hari → Caribbean Hindustani: harhári → Caribbean Javanese: ari-ari === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== hark inflection of harken: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse hark (“sound”), probably of imitative origin. Compare the cognates listed at Swedish harkla (“to clear the throat”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /har̥k/ Rhymes: -ar̥k === Noun === hark n (genitive singular harks, no plural) noise, tumult, commotion, din Synonyms: hávaði, háreysti, skark, skarkali ==== Declension ==== == Yola == === Etymology === From Middle English harken, from Old English *hercian. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hark/ === Verb === hark to hark === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 102