berk

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See also: Berk and bərk

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cockney rhyming slang, an ellipsis and clipping of Berkeley Hunt, a prominent hunt at Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, to mean cunt.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

berk (plural berks)

  1. (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory, vulgar) a fool, a prat, a twit, etc. [1930]
    • 2003 July 12, Nicholas Lezard, “Ad execs quoting Gramsci? Only in France”, in The Guardian‎[1], →ISSN:
      His chat-up techniques have to be read to be imagined—they make the crudest of Loaded-style berks seem classy—and he earns far, far too much money.
    • 2006 February 3, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, season 1, episode 2:
      I don't know why they couldn't just keep it as it was! How hard is it to remember 911?
      You mean 999...
      I mean 999!
      That's the American one!
      Yeah!
      You berk.

Usage notes[edit]

Although the term remains in fairly wide use, its specific origin and meaning in rhyming slang is less well known, lessening its vulgarity.

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From berr (cf. derk from derr).

Noun[edit]

berk m (plural berqe, definite berku, definite plural berqet)

  1. goat
Declension[edit]
Declension of berk
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative berk berqe berku berqet
accusative berkun
dative berku berqeve berkut berqevet
ablative berqesh
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *bardz(i)ka, from *bardza > bardhë (“white”). Similar sense development as in barmë.[1]

Noun[edit]

berk m (plural berqe, definite berku, definite plural berqet)

  1. (botany) sapwood, alburnum
  2. (dialectal) bark
Declension[edit]
Declension of berk
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative berk berqe berku berqet
accusative berkun
dative berku berqeve berkut berqevet
ablative berqesh
Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “berk”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 21

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch berke, from Old Dutch *berka, from Proto-West Germanic *berku, from Proto-Germanic *berkō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵós.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

berk m (plural berken, diminutive berkje n)

  1. birch, tree of the genus Betula
    Synonym: berkenboom

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Descendants[edit]

  • Afrikaans: berk

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

berk

  1. Alternative form of beurk: yuck!

Old Norse[edit]

Contraction[edit]

berk

  1. (bragarmál) Contraction of ber ek.

Turkish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish برك (berk), from Proto-Turkic *berk (“mighty”). Related to pek.

Adjective[edit]

berk

  1. strong, hard, robust, violent
    Synonyms: sert, katı
  2. heroic
  3. firm, solid
    Synonym: sağlam
Declension[edit]
predicative forms of berk
present tense
positive,
declarative 		positive,
interrogative 		negative,
declarative 		negative,
interrogative
ben (I am) berkim berk miyim? berk değilim berk değil miyim?
sen (you are) berksin berk misin? berk değilsin berk değil misin?
o (he/she/it is) berk / berktir berk mi? berk değil berk değil mi?
biz (we are) berkiz berk miyiz? berk değiliz berk değil miyiz?
siz (you are) berksiniz berk misiniz? berk değilsiniz berk değil misiniz?
onlar (they are) berk(ler) berk(ler) mi? berk değil(ler) berk değiller mi?
past tense
positive,
declarative 		positive,
interrogative 		negative,
declarative 		negative,
interrogative
ben (I was) berktim berk miydim? berk değildim berk değil miydim?
sen (you were) berktin berk miydin? berk değildin berk değil miydin?
o (he/she/it was) berkti berk miydi? berk değildi berk değil miydi?
biz (we were) berktik berk miydik? berk değildik berk değil miydik?
siz (you were) berktiniz berk miydiniz? berk değildiniz berk değil miydiniz?
onlar (they were) berktiler berk miydiler? berk değildi(ler) / değillerdi berk değil miydiler?
indirect past
positive,
declarative 		positive,
interrogative 		negative,
declarative 		negative,
interrogative
ben (I was) berkmişim berk miymişim? berk değilmişim berk değil miymişim?
sen (you were) berkmişsin berk miymişsin? berk değilmişsin berk değil miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was) berkmiş berk miymiş? berk değilmiş berk değil miymiş?
biz (we were) berkmişiz berk miymişiz? berk değilmişiz berk değil miymişiz?
siz (you were) berkmişsiniz berk miymişsiniz? berk değilmişsiniz berk değil miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were) berkmişler berk miymişler? berk değilmiş(ler) / değillermiş berk değil miymişler?
conditional
positive,
declarative 		positive,
interrogative 		negative,
declarative 		negative,
interrogative
ben (if I) berksem berk miysem? berk değilsem berk değil miysem?
sen (if you) berksen berk miysen? berk değilsen berk değil miysen?
o (if he/she/it) berkse berk miyse? berk değilse berk değil miyse?
biz (if we) berksek berk miysek? berk değilsek berk değil miysek?
siz (if you) berkseniz berk miyseniz? berk değilseniz berk değil miyseniz?
onlar (if they) berkseler berk miyseler? berk değilseler / değillerse berk değil miyseler?
Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish برق (berk), from Arabic بَرْق (barq).

Noun[edit]

berk (definite accusative berki, plural berkler) (archaic)

  1. lightning
Declension[edit]
Inflection
Nominative berk
Definite accusative berki
Singular Plural
Nominative berk berkler
Definite accusative berki berkleri
Dative berke berklere
Locative berkte berklerde
Ablative berkten berklerden
Genitive berkin berklerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular berkim berklerim
2nd singular berkin berklerin
3rd singular berki berkleri
1st plural berkimiz berklerimiz
2nd plural berkiniz berkleriniz
3rd plural berkleri berkleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular berkimi berklerimi
2nd singular berkini berklerini
3rd singular berkini berklerini
1st plural berkimizi berklerimizi
2nd plural berkinizi berklerinizi
3rd plural berklerini berklerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular berkime berklerime
2nd singular berkine berklerine
3rd singular berkine berklerine
1st plural berkimize berklerimize
2nd plural berkinize berklerinize
3rd plural berklerine berklerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular berkimde berklerimde
2nd singular berkinde berklerinde
3rd singular berkinde berklerinde
1st plural berkimizde berklerimizde
2nd plural berkinizde berklerinizde
3rd plural berklerinde berklerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular berkimden berklerimden
2nd singular berkinden berklerinden
3rd singular berkinden berklerinden
1st plural berkimizden berklerimizden
2nd plural berkinizden berklerinizden
3rd plural berklerinden berklerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular berkimin berklerimin
2nd singular berkinin berklerinin
3rd singular berkinin berklerinin
1st plural berkimizin berklerimizin
2nd plural berkinizin berklerinizin
3rd plural berklerinin berklerinin

References[edit]

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “berk2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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