erk

See also: Erk

English

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(r)k

Etymology 1

Noun

erk (plural erks)

  1. (Britain, slang) a member of the groundcrew in the RAF.
    • 2004, Andrea Levy, Small Island, London: Review, Chapter Nine, p. 345,
      But I wasn’t accepted for flying duty—eyesight failed me. Neither was Frank, which, I’m ashamed to say, I found a relief. We were both channelled as aircrafthands, known to everyone as erks.

Etymology 2

Interjection

erk

  1. Expressing trepidation; eek.

Anagrams

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *herkkä. Cognate to Finnish herkkä (“delicate, sensitive”), Livonian erk (“lively”), and Votic herkka (“gentle”). See also ere.

Adjective

erk (genitive ergu, partitive erku) or erk (genitive erga, partitive erka)

  1. lively, energetic, vivacious
  2. snappy, alert, sharp, ready to react
  3. bright, vivid, intense

Declension
Declension of erk (type riik)
singular plural
nominative erk ergud
genitive ergu erkude
partitive erku erke / erkusid
illative erku / ergusse erkudesse
inessive ergus erkudes
elative ergust erkudest
allative ergule erkudele
adessive ergul erkudel
ablative ergult erkudelt
translative erguks erkudeks
terminative erguni erkudeni
essive erguna erkudena
abessive erguta erkudeta
comitative erguga erkudega
Declension of erk (type riik)
singular plural
nominative erk ergad
genitive erga erkade
partitive erka erke / erkasid
illative erka / ergasse erkadesse
inessive ergas erkades
elative ergast erkadest
allative ergale erkadele
adessive ergal erkadel
ablative ergalt erkadelt
translative ergaks erkadeks
terminative ergani erkadeni
essive ergana erkadena
abessive ergata erkadeta
comitative ergaga erkadega

Uzbek

Noun

erk (plural erklar)

  1. freedom; liberty
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