lirka

== Swedish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Swedish *liþka (compare Icelandic liðka), derived from Old Norse liðr (“member”). For the shift from -dk- to -rk- compare with burk. Doublet of led. === Verb === lirka (present lirkar, preterite lirkade, supine lirkat, imperative lirka) (often with a particle like in, ut, or upp) to carefully twist, bend, etc., (something) to accomplish something, with fiddly connotations; to coax (figuratively) to carefully manipulate (someone or something, with good or bad intentions); to coax ==== Conjugation ==== === References === “lirka”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “lirka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “lirka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) lirka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)