ark

ark

See also: Ark and ārk

English

Etymology

From Old English ærc, from Latin arca (“chest, box, coffer”), from arceō (“I enclose”).

Noah's Ark

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɑːk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɑɹk/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
• Homophone: arc

Noun

ark (plural arks)

1. A large box with a flat lid.
2. (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) Noah's Ark: the ship built by Noah to save his family and a collection of animals from the deluge.
   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 201:

     In the midrash about Noah it says that Noah had a stone which, when held up in the darkness of the ark, would change color when the sun was shining outside.

3. Something affording protection; safety, shelter, refuge
4. A spacious type of boat with a flat bottom.
5. (Judaism) The Ark of the Covenant.
6. (Judaism) A decorated cabinet at the front of a synagogue, in which Torah scrolls are kept.

Synonyms

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• barge
• basket
• chest
• coffer
• hutch
• refuge
• retreat
• shelter
• ship
• vessel

Derived terms

• ark clam
• ark-floater
• ark load
• Ark of the Covenant
• ark shell
• ark storm
• go out with the ark
• Noah's Ark
• out of the ark
• pig ark

 

Descendants

• → Maori: āka

Translations

large box

Bulgarian: сандъ́к (bg) m (sandǎ́k) Galician: arca (gl) f, arcaz m Indonesian: tabut (id), peti (id) Norwegian: ark (no) m Portuguese: arca (pt) f Russian: сунду́к (ru) m (sundúk) Swedish: ark (sv) c Yiddish: אָרון‎ m (orn)

Noah's ship

Arabic: سَفِينَة‎ (ar) f (safīna) Armenian: տապան (hy) (tapan) Basque: Noeren ontzia Belarusian: каўчэ́г m (kaŭčéh) Bulgarian: ковче́г (bg) m (kovčég), ба́рка f (bárka) Catalan: arca (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 方舟 (zh) (fāngzhōu) Czech: archa (cs) f Esperanto: arkeo Estonian: Ark (et) Faroese: ørk f Finnish: arkki (fi) French: arche (fr) f Georgian: კიდობანი (ka) (ḳidobani) German: Arche (de) f Greek: κιβωτός (el) f (kivotós) Hebrew: תֵּיבָה‎ (he) f (tevá) Hindi: कश्ती (hi) f (kaśtī) Hungarian: bárka (hu) Icelandic: örk (is) f Ido: archo (io) Indonesian: bahtera (id) Irish: áirc f Italian: arca (it) f Japanese: 箱舟 (はこぶね, hakobune) Latin: arca f Latvian: arka f Lithuanian: arka (lt) f Macedonian: арка f (arka), ковчег m (kovčeg) Malay: bahtera Maltese: arka f Maori: āka Ngazidja Comorian: safina class 9 Norwegian: ark (no) m Old Church Slavonic: ковьчєгъ m (kovĭčegŭ) Persian: کشتی‎ (fa) (kašti) Polish: arka (pl) f Portuguese: arca (pt) f Romanian: arca f Russian: ковче́г (ru) m (kovčég) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ковчег m Roman: kovčeg (sh) m Slovak: archa f Slovene: barka f Spanish: arca (es) f Swahili: safina Swedish: ark (sv) c Turkish: Nuh'un gemisi (tr) Ukrainian: ковче́г (uk) m (kovčéh) Vietnamese: tàu (vi) Volapük: lenaf Walloon: åtche (wa) f Yiddish: תּבֿה‎ f (teyve)

consecrated container

Bulgarian: киво́т m (kivót) Faroese: ørk f French: arche (fr) f Greek: κιβωτός (el) f (kivotós) Ido: archo (io) Indonesian: tabut (id) Irish: áirc f Maori: āka Norwegian: ark (no) m Polish: arka (pl) f Portuguese: arca (pt) f Russian: кио́т (ru) m (kiót), киво́т (ru) m (kivót) (dated), ковче́г (ru) m (kovčég) Spanish: arca (es) f Swedish: ark (sv) c Yiddish: אָרון‎ m (orn), אָרון־קודש‎ m (orn-koydesh)

Further reading

• ark in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• ark in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Anagrams

• AKR, KAR, RAK, RKA, kar, kra

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɑːɡ̊]

Etymology 1

Via Middle Low German ark from Latin arcus. The Latin words means "bow", but it is here used in a wider sense of the folded paper. Compare the same semantic development in German Bogen (“bow; sheet of paper”).

Noun

ark n (singular definite arket, plural indefinite arker)

1. a sheet (of paper)

Inflection

Declension of ark

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ark	arket	ark	arkene
genitive	arks	arkets	arks	arkenes

Synonyms

• papir

Etymology 2

From Old Danish ark, Old Norse ǫrk, from Proto-Germanic *arkō, borrowed from Latin arca (“chest, coffin; ark”).

Noun

ark c (singular definite arken, plural indefinite arker)

1. (biblical) ark ( Noah's Ark or the Ark of the Convenant)

Inflection

Declension of ark

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ark	arken	arker	arkerne
genitive	arks	arkens	arkers	arkernes

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch arke. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑrk/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: ark
• Rhymes: -ɑrk

Noun

ark f (plural arken, diminutive arkje n)

1. ark (ark of the covenant)
2. ark (ship)
3. houseboat

   Synonym: woonark

Derived terms

• woonark

Descendants

• Afrikaans: ark

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Danish ark, from Latin arcus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ar̥k/
• Rhymes: -ar̥k

Noun

ark n (genitive singular arks, nominative plural örk)

1. (obsolete) sheet (of paper)

Declension

declension of ark

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ark	arkið	örk	örkin
accusative	ark	arkið	örk	örkin
dative	arki	arkinu	örkum	örkunum
genitive	arks	arksins	arka	arkanna

Synonyms

• (sheet of paper): blað, örk

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Manx

Alternative forms

• urk

Etymology

From Middle Irish orc, arc (“young pig”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸorkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos, from *perḱ- (“to dig”).

Noun

ark f (genitive singular arkagh, plural arkyn or irk)

1. young pig, piglet

References

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 orc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• arke

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French arc, from Latin arcus (“a bow, arc, arch”).

Noun

ark (plural arks)

1. The path of the sun across the sky.

Descendants

• English: arc

References

• “ark, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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North Frisian

Determiner

ark

1. (Mooring) each; every

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ǫrk (“chest”), from Proto-Norse *ᚨᚱᚲᚢ (*arku), borrowed during pre-Christian time from Latin arca (“chest, box”), from arceō (“enclose, box in”), from Proto-Italic *arkeō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk- (“to protect, guard”).

Noun

ark m (definite singular arken, indefinite plural arker, definite plural arkene)

1. the ark (boat of Noah)
2. paktens ark - the Ark of the Covenant

Synonyms

• kvist (dormer)

Etymology 2

From Old Danish ark, arken, arkens, through Middle Low German or Low German arkener (“breast protection”), from Old French arquiere (“shooting range”).

Noun

ark m (definite singular arken, indefinite plural arker, definite plural arkene)

1. (architecture) a dormer

Etymology 3

From Low German ark, from Latin arcus (“arc, arch”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow, arrow”).

Noun

ark n (definite singular arket, indefinite plural ark, definite plural arka or arkene)

1. a sheet (of paper)

Synonyms

• papir

Derived terms

• A4-ark
• faktaark
• papirark
• regneark

References

• “ark” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ǫrk, from Latin arca (“chest, box”); sense 3 from Old French arquire, via Middle Low German or Low German and old Danish.

Noun

ark f (definite singular arka, indefinite plural arker, definite plural arkene)

1. the ark (boat of Noah)
2. paktarka - the Ark of the Covenant
3. (architecture) a dormer

Synonyms

• kvist (dormer)

Etymology 2

From Latin arcus, via Low German ark.

Noun

ark n (definite singular arket, indefinite plural ark, definite plural arka)

1. a sheet (of paper)

Synonyms

• papir

Derived terms

• A4-ark
• faktaark
• papirark

References

• “ark” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Old Swedish ark, borrowed from Latin arca, into the Germanic languages in pre-Christian time.[1]

Noun

ark c

1. an ark, a box; the Ark of the Covenant
2. the ark (ship) of Noah, resembling a box

Declension

Declension of ark
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ark	arken	arkar	arkarna
Genitive	arks	arkens	arkars	arkarnas

Related terms

• förbundsark

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish ark, from Middle Low German ark, from Latin arcus (“bow”).[2] Compare German Bogen. It refers to the bend of the parchment when folded.[3]

Noun

ark n

1. a sheet of paper
2. (printing) a signature, a multiple of four pages printed on a single sheet, which is folded and bound into a book

Declension

Declension of ark
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ark	arket	ark	arken
Genitive	arks	arkets	arks	arkens

Synonyms

• papper
• blad

Related terms

• arkmatare
• arksignatur
• dubbelark

Descendants

• → Finnish: arkki

References

1. ark in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
2. ark in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
3. ark 2 in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• kar, rak

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West Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ark/

Noun

ark n (no plural)

1. tool
2. stuff, junk

Further reading

• “ark (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011