dirka

• dirke

• IPA^(key): /²dɪrkɑ/

From the noun dirk

dirka (present tense dirkar, past tense dirka, past participle dirka, passive infinitive dirkast, present participle dirkande, imperative dirk/dirka)

1. to pick (open a lock with a wire, lock pick etc.)
   • 1891, Rasmus Løland, Folkeliv:

     […] det kunde ikkje vera nokon annan enn dei festningsslavarne, som hadde vore her ei av nætterne og dirka seg inn.

     […] it had to have been one of the prisoners from the castle who had been here one night and picked the lock.

• “dirka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /díːrka/

dȋrka f

1. race (contest)