harka
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Arabic حركة.
=== Noun ===
harka (plural harkas)
(historical) In Maghrebi history, a military campaign, often a punitive expedition against insurgents.
== Icelandic ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈhar̥ka/
Rhymes: -ar̥ka
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Old Norse harka, harðka, from harðr (“hard”) ( > Icelandic harður) + -ka.
==== Noun ====
harka f (genitive singular hörku, nominative plural hörkur)
hardness
hardness, austerity, severity
hardiness, toughness
===== Declension =====
===== Derived terms =====
beita hörku
hleypa í sig hörku
sýna af sér hörku
sýna hörku
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Verb ====
harka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative harkaði, supine harkað)
to toughen [with accusative]
===== Usage notes =====
Mainly used in set phrases.
===== Conjugation =====
===== Derived terms =====
harka af sér (“to bear up, endure”)
harka saman (synonymous, skrapa saman)
harka sig upp
==== See also ====
láta ekki á sig bíta
== Old Norse ==
=== Alternative forms ===
harðka
=== Etymology ===
From harðr (“hard”) + -ka.
=== Noun ===
harka f
hardness
hardiness, toughness
==== Descendants ====
Icelandic: harka f
=== Further reading ===
Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “harka”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
== Oromo ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Konso harkaa.
=== Noun ===
harka
hand
== Quechua ==
=== Noun ===
harka
alternative spelling of hark'a
==== Declension ====