verka

verka

See also: Věrka

Finnish

Noun

verka

1. baize (type of woollen fabric)
2. (billiards) cloth, felt, green baize

Declension

Inflection of verka (Kotus type 9/kala, k- gradation)
nominative		verka	verat
genitive		veran	verkojen
partitive		verkaa	verkoja
illative		verkaan	verkoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		verka	verat
accusative	nom.	verka	verat
	gen.	veran
genitive		veran	verkojen verkainrare
partitive		verkaa	verkoja
inessive		verassa	veroissa
elative		verasta	veroista
illative		verkaan	verkoihin
adessive		veralla	veroilla
ablative		veralta	veroilta
allative		veralle	veroille
essive		verkana	verkoina
translative		veraksi	veroiksi
instructive		—	veroin
abessive		veratta	veroitta
comitative		—	verkoineen

See also

• verho
• verha (“clothing”)
• verkko

Anagrams

• karve

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Icelandic

Noun

verka

1. indefinite genitive plural of verk

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Ingrian

Noun

verka

1. office

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• verkene

Noun

verka n

1. definite plural of verk (Etymology 2)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse verka. Akin to English work.

Alternative forms

• verke

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʋɛrkɑ/

Verb

verka (present tense verkar, past tense verka, past participle verka, passive infinitive verkast, present participle verkande, imperative verk/verka)

1. to work (have effect)

   Medisinen verka godt.

   The medicine worked well.

2. to seem, appear

   Det verkar ikkje som om du forstår.

   It does not seem like you understand.

Derived terms

• verksam

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʋɛrkɑ/

Verb

verka (present tense verker, past tense verkte, past participle verkt, passive infinitive verkast, present participle verkande, imperative verk)

1. Alternative form of verkja

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɛrkɑ/

Noun

verka n

1. definite plural of verk (Etymology 2)

References

• “verka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

• Homophone: värka

Verb

verka (present verkar, preterite verkade, supine verkat, imperative verka)

1. to work, to act

   Den speciella ortogonala gruppen verkar på Rⁿ genom rotationer

   The special orthogonal group acts on a Rⁿ by rotations

2. to seem as, appear, to have an appearance as of

   Det verkar som om att han är arg.

   It seems as if he is angry.

3. to pare[1][2] or trim the hoof of a horse

Conjugation

Conjugation of verka (weak)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	verka	—
Present tense	verkar	—
Past tense	verkade	—
Supine	verkat	—
Imperative	verka	—
Present participle	verkande
Past participle	—

Related terms

• avverka
• inverka
• medverka
• motverka
• påverka
• samverka
• tillverka
• utverka
• verk
• verkan
• verklig
• verkning
• verksam

References

1. verka in Victor Emanuel Öman, Svensk-engelsk hand-ordbok (1872)
2. pare in Wessely's Swedish-English Dictionary (c. 1880s)