virka

== Estonian == === Adjective === virka partitive/illative singular of virk == Faroese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈvɪɻ̥ka] === Verb === virka (third person singular past indicative virkaði, third person plural past indicative virkað, supine virkað) to work, function, operate Tann gamli hátturin virkar ikki longur. The old method no longer works. to seem Tað virkar so trupult at læra føroyskt. It seems so hard to learn Faroese. ==== Conjugation ==== == Finnish == === Etymology 1 === Probably borrowed from Old Swedish virke, with possible influence from virka (etymology 2) with which it has been equated in the past. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈʋirkɑ/, [ˈʋirkɑ̝] Rhymes: -irkɑ Syllabification(key): vir‧ka Hyphenation(key): vir‧ka ==== Noun ==== virka post, position, office, public office (public sector work, e.g. civil service work) olla virassa / hoitaa virkaa ― to hold an office astua virkaan ― to assume one's office/post/responsibilities/duties, to be inaugurated/installed/inducted into office asettaa virkaan ― to inaugurate into office, install into office, induct into office purpose, point, function ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== “virka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023 === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Finnic *virka, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Latvian verdze). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈʋirkɑ/, [ˈʋirkɑ̝] Rhymes: -irkɑ Syllabification(key): vir‧ka Hyphenation(key): vir‧ka ==== Noun ==== virka (dialectal) line or row, especially of traps or snares ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈʋirkɑˣ/, [ˈʋirkɑ̝(ʔ)] Rhymes: -irkɑ Syllabification(key): vir‧ka Hyphenation(key): vir‧ka ==== Verb ==== virka inflection of virkkaa: present active indicative connegative second-person singular present imperative second-person singular present active imperative connegative === Anagrams === kirva == Icelandic == === Etymology === Borrowed from Danish virke from Old Norse virkja, from Proto-Germanic *wirkijaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈvɪr̥ka] Rhymes: -ɪr̥ka === Verb === virka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative virkaði, supine virkað) (intransitive) to work, to function ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== virkni (“activity, action, function”) == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *virka. Cognates include Finnish virka and dialectal Estonian virg. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋirkɑ/, [ˈʋirk] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋirkɑ/, [ˈʋirɡ̊ɑ] Rhymes: -irk, -irkɑ Hyphenation: vir‧ka === Noun === virka necklace ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 669 == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === virket === Verb === virka inflection of virke: simple past past participle == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse virkja, from Proto-Germanic *wirkijaną. === Verb === virka (present virkar, preterite virkade, supine virkat, imperative virka) to crochet ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== virkkrok virkning virknål === Anagrams === arkiv, vikar