Lark

See also Lark

English

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A Crested lark, of the Alaudidae family

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: läk, IPA: /lɑːk/, SAMPA: /lA:k/
• (US) enPR: lärk, IPA: /lɑːɹk/, SAMPA: /lA:rk/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)k

Etymology 1

From late Old English lagerce, from earlier lawerce, from a Proto-Germanic *laiw(a)rikon (cognates include Dutch leeuwerik, German Lerche), of unknown origin. Some Old English and Old Norse (lævirik) forms suggest a compound meaning "treason-worker," but there is no preserved folk tale that ties into this theory.

Noun

Singular Lark

Plural {{{1}}}

Lark ({{{1}}})

1. Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.
2. Any of various resembling birds, usually ground-living, such as the meadowlark and titlark
3. One who wakes early; one who is up with the larks.

Synonyms

• (one who wakes early): early bird, early riser

Related terms

• happy as a lark
• larker
• larkspur, plant
• skylark, the bird

Translations

bird

Albanian: lauresha Arabic: قبّرة (qubbara) Armenian: արտույտ (artuyt) Belarusian: жаваранак Bosnian: ševa bs(bs) f. Breton: alc’hweder Bulgarian: чучулига bg(bg) Catalan: alosa Croatian: ševa hr(hr) Czech: skřivan cs(cs) m. Danish: lærke c. Dutch: leeuwerik m. Esperanto: alaŭdo eo(eo) Estonian: lőoke Finnish: kiuru fi(fi), leivo fi(fi) French: alouette fr(fr) f. Friulian: lodule, odule Galician: laverca German: Lerche de(de) f. Greek: σταρήθρα el(el) Hungarian: pacsirta hu(hu) Icelandic: lævirki Irish: fuiseog, circín starraiceach Italian: allòdola, lòdola Japanese: 雲雀 (ひばり, hibari) Korean: 종다리 (jongdari), 노고지리 (nogojiri) Kurdish: کڵاوکوره‌ Ladino: lodola

Latin: alauda la(la) Latvian: cīrulis Lithuanian: vieversys m.; also vyturys m. Low Saxon: Levark, Lauerk, Levalk, Lark, Leerk, Lierk, Lurk f. Macedonian: чучулига (čučuliga) Maltese: alwetta Occitan: alauseta Old English: lāferce f. Polish: skowronek pl(pl) m. Portuguese: cotovia f. Romani: chiriklo-gilibano m. chirikli-gilibani f. Romansch: lodola Russian: жаворонок ru(ru) (žavoronok) Sami: leivvoš Sardinian: allòdola Scots: laverock Scottish Gaelic: uiseag f. Serbian: Cyrillic: шева f., шевpљугa f. Roman: ševa f., ševrljuga f. Slovak: škovránok Slovene: škrjanec sl(sl) m. Spanish: alondra es(es) f. Swedish: lärka Ukrainian: жайворонок польовий Upper Sorbian: škowrončk Welsh: ehedydd

one who wakes early

Dutch: vroege vogel m. Finnish: aamuvirkku fi(fi) Hungarian: koránkelő hu(hu)

Lithuanian: vyturys lt(lt) m., vyturys lt(lt) m. Swedish: lärka sv(sv) c.

External links

• File:Wikipedia-logo.png lark on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Template:Commonslite
• Template:Specieslite

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain, either

• from (notably northern) English dialect lake/laik (“‘to play’”) (c.1300, from Old Norse leika (“‘to play (as opposed to work)’”)), with intrusive -r- common in southern British dialect; or
• shortening of skylark (1809), sailors' slang, "play roughly in the rigging of a ship", because the common European larks were proverbial for high-flying; Dutch has a similar idea in speelvogel (“‘playbird, a person of markedly playful nature’”).

Noun

Singular Lark

Plural {{{1}}}

Lark ({{{1}}})

1. A romp, frolic, some fun.
2. A prank.

Synonyms

• whim, especially in phrase on a whim

Derived terms

• on a lark

Translations

romp, frolic, some fun

Dutch: gedol n.

Russian: забава ru(ru) f.

prank

Dutch: vlerkenstreek

Russian: шутка ru(ru) f., проказа ru(ru) f.

Verb

Infinitive to Lark

Third person singular -

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle -

to Lark (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

1. To sport, engage in harmless pranking
2. To frolic, engage in carefree adventure

Translations

sport, engage in harmless pranking

Dutch: dollen

frolic, engage in carefree adventure

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

Bosnian: šala f s Finnish: pilailla, kujeilla, kuje, pila, hullutus

Serbian: Cyrillic: шала f s Roman: šala f s

References

• Template:R:Online Etymology Dictionary
• Template:R:Webster NCD 1967

Anagrams

• aklr,
• Karl

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