# bark
## English
### Alternative forms

* barke (obsolete)

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /bɑːk/
* (General American) IPA: /bɑɹk/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
* Homophone: barque

### Etymology 1

From Middle English barken, berken, borken, from Old English beorcan (“to bark”), from the Proto-West Germanic *berkan (“to bark”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerg- (“to make a noise, growl, bark”), from *bʰer- (“to drone, hum, buzz”). Cognate with Icelandic berkja (“to bark, bluster”), Icelandic barki (“throat, windpipe”), dialectal Lithuanian burgė́ti (“to growl, grumble, grouch, quarrel”), Serbo-Croatian brbljati (“to murmur”). For the noun, compare Old English beorc, bearce (“barking”).

#### Verb

bark (third-person singular simple present barks, present participle barking, simple past and past participle barked)
* (intransitive) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).
    Synonyms: give tongue, (rare) latrate
    The neighbour's dog is always barking.
    The seal barked as the zookeeper threw fish into its enclosure.
* (intransitive) To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
** 1530, Tyndale, A Pathway into the Holy Scripture:And therefore they bark, and say the scripture maketh heretics.
** 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):Where there is the barking of the belly, there no other commands will be heard, much less obeyed.
* (transitive) To speak sharply.
    The sergeant barked an order.
** 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 3:Plainly he was prepared to bark out an interminable succession of charges against the Wanderer.
** 2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 5:Sudden anger rose in him. “What I’m looking for,” he barked, “is to be left in peace.” His voice trembled with a rage far bigger than her intrusion merited, the rage which shocked him whenever it coursed through his nervous system, like a flood.
** 2011 January 5, Mark Ashenden, “Wolverhampton 1 - 0 Chelsea”, in BBC‎:While McCarthy prowled the touchline barking orders, his opposite number watched on motionless and expressionless and, with 25 minutes to go, decided to throw on Nicolas Anelka for Kalou.

##### Derived terms

* bark at print
* bark at the wrong tree
* barking
* barking deer
* barking dogs never bite
* barking spider
* barking squirrel
* bark up the wrong tree
* barky
* bebark
* buy a dog and bark oneself
* dogs bark
* don't keep a dog and bark yourself
* have a dog and bark oneself
* keep a dog and bark oneself
* outbark
* park and bark
* the dogs bark, but the caravan goes on
* the dogs bark, but the caravan moves on
* why keep a dog and bark yourself

##### Translations

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#### Noun

bark (plural barks)
* The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals.
* (figuratively) An abrupt loud vocal utterance.
** c. 1921, The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, volume 11:Fox’s clumsy figure, negligently dressed in blue and buff, seemed unprepossessing; only his shaggy eyebrows added to the expression of his face; his voice would rise to a bark in excitement.
** 1949 January and February, F. G. Roe, “I Saw Three Englands–1”, in Railway Magazine, page 12:Long before Shap platform showed up around a corner and the two arms on the gradient post drooped in both directions at once, Duchess of Buccleuch's amiable throbbing purr at the stack [funnel, chimney] had become a fierce freight-engine bark, as she resolutely dragged at her enormous load.
* (music) The quick opening of the hi-hat cymbal as it is hit, followed by its timely closing.

##### Derived terms

* all bark and no bite
* bark collar
* barkery
* Barkese
* barkitecture
* barkless
* bark mitzvah
* barkometer
* barksome
* barky
* midbark
* one's bark is worse than one's bite

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From Middle English bark, from Old English barc (“bark”), from Old Norse bǫrkr (“tree bark”), from Proto-Germanic *barkuz, probably related to *birkijǭ (“birch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵós (compare Latin frāxinus (“ash”), Lithuanian béržas (“birch”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵ- (“to gleam; white”) (compare English bright); akin to Danish bark, Icelandic börkur, Low German borke and Albanian berk (“bast”).

#### Noun

bark (countable and uncountable, plural barks)
* (countable, uncountable) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree.
** 1879, Friedrich August Flückiger et al., Pharmacographia...‎, page 346:The hardships of bark-collecting in the primeval forests of South America are of the severest kind, and undergone only by the half-civilized Indians and people of mixed race, in the pay of speculators or companies located in the towns. Those who are engaged in the business, especially the collectors themselves, are called Cascarilleros or Cascadores, from the Spanish word Cascara, bark.
** 2012, John Branch, “Snow Fall : The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in New York Time‎:Moving about 70 miles per hour, it crashed through the sturdy old-growth trees, snapping their limbs and shredding bark from their trunks.
* (medicine) Peruvian bark or Jesuit's bark, the bark of the cinchona from which quinine is produced.
* Hard candy made in flat sheets, for instance out of chocolate, peanut butter, toffee or peppermint.
* The crust formed on barbecued meat that has had a rub applied to it.
** 2009, Julie Reinhardt, She-Smoke: A Backyard Barbecue Book, page 151:This softens the meat further, but at some loss of crunch to the bark.
* The envelopment or outer covering of anything.

##### Usage notes

Usually uncountable; bark may be countable when referring to the barks of different types of tree.

##### Synonyms

* (exterior covering of a tree): rind

##### Derived terms

* bark bed
* bark beetle (Scolytinae spp.)
* barkbound
* bark bread
* bark dust
* barkery
* barkless
* barklike
* bark louse (Coccidae spp.)
* bark mill
* bark mixture
* bark scorpion (Centruroides spp.)
* bark spud
* barky
* beech bark disease
* birchbark
* bitter bark (especially Alstonia constricta)
* cabbage-bark
* Cartagena bark
* China bark (Cinchona spp.)
* cinchona bark
* crampbark
* debark
* debarker
* disbark
* dita bark (Alstonia scholaris)
* elm bark beetle
* holy bark (Rhamnus purshiana)
* ironbark
* lacebark
* Mancona bark (Erythrophleum suaveolens)
* maple bark disease, maple bark stripper's disease, maple bark stripper's disease (Cryptostroma corticale)
* ninebark
* oakbark
* paperbark (Melaleuca spp.)
* park and bark
* peppermint bark
* ringbark, ring-bark
* rootbark
* root bark
* sassy bark (Erythrophleum suaveolens)
* sevenbark
* shagbark
* shellbark
* soapbark
* sooty bark disease (Cryptostroma corticale)
* stembark
* stringybark (Eucalyptus spp.)
* tanbark
* throw in the bark
* toothache bark
* treebark
* tree bark
* unbark
* underbark
* whitebark
* Winter's bark (Drimys winteri)
* worm bark
* yellow bark (Cinchona spp.)

##### Translations
#### Verb

bark (third-person singular simple present barks, present participle barking, simple past and past participle barked)
* To strip the bark from; to peel.
** 1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate:Along the river freshly felled and barked trees told of the activity of beaver, and in slow current and in eddies the tops of their winter's food supply lay like submerged brush fences projecting above the surface.
* To abrade or rub off any outer covering from.
    to bark one’s heel
** 2019 May 8, Barney Ronay, “Liverpool’s waves of red fury and recklessness end in joyous bedlam”, in The Guardian‎:Barcelona had been harried and hurried and stretched thin by the midway point in the second half. Tackles flew in. Toes were crushed, shins barked, ankles hacked.
* To girdle.
* To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark.
    to bark the roof of a hut

##### Derived terms

* barking iron
* ringbark

##### Translations
### Etymology 3

From Middle English barke (“boat”), from Middle French barque, from Late Latin barca, a regular syncope of Vulgar Latin *barica, from Classical Latin bāris, from Ancient Greek βᾶρις (bâris, “Egyptian boat”), from Coptic ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ (baare, “small boat”), from Demotic br, from Egyptian bꜣjr (“transport ship”). Doublet of barge, barque and baris.

#### Alternative forms

* barque

#### Noun

bark (plural barks)
* (obsolete) A small sailing vessel, e.g. a pinnace or a fishing smack; a rowing boat or barge.
* (poetic) A sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
** c. 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 116:It is the star to every wandering bark
** 1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 272:We know not where we go, or what sweet dream May pilot us through caverns strange and fair Of far and pathless passion, while the stream Of life our bark doth on its whirlpools bear, Spreading swift wings as sails to the dim air; […]
** a. 1887 (date written), Emily Dickinson, “[Book I.—Life] Whether my bark went down at sea”, in Mabel Loomis Todd and T[homas] W[entworth] Higginson, editors, Poems, First Series, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, published 1890, →OCLC, page 38:Whether my bark went down at sea, / Whether she met with gales, […]
* (nautical) A vessel, typically with three (or more) masts, with the foremasts (or fore- and mainmasts) square-rigged, and mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
** 1997, Mark Kurlansky, Cod, page 114:Europeans would cross the ocean in large barks built for deck space and large holds.

##### Descendants

* → Welsh: barc

##### Translations
### Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

bark (plural barks)
* (slang, obsolete) An Irish person.

#### References

* John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
* 1890, John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley, Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A to Byz (page 124)

### Anagrams

* brak, kbar, krab

## Albanian
### Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *báruka, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰor-uko-, from *bʰer- (“to carry”). Compare Messapic βάρυκα (báruka). A doublet of bie, barrë, and barrë.
Another reconstruction is Proto-Albanian *bárkʷa-, from earlier *bʰórkʷu- "belly", from a PIE *bʰorkʷó-, from *bʰer- (“to carry”).

### Noun

bark m (plural barqe, definite barku, definite plural barqet)
* (anatomy) belly
    Synonym: abdomen (technical)
* stomach or intestines as parts of the digestive system
    Synonyms: stomak, zorrë
* pelvic cavity, uterus
    Synonyms: kavitet pelvik, mitër
* all offspring a mother births to with the same male (human or animal)
    Synonym: pjellë
    Motër e vëlla nga dy barqe ― Brother and sister from two mothers
* (ethnography) lineage, all offspring of the same mother
    Synonym: gji
    Janë të një barku ― They're of the same mother
* (figurative) generation
    Synonym: brez
    Bark pas barku ― Generation after generation
* convex side of an object, bulge, curve
    Synonym: e mysët
    Mur me bark ― Curved wall
* (figurative, colloquial) interior part of an object, the hollow part
    Synonyms: gji, brendësi
* (in the singular) the middle part of timeline
    Synonym: mes
    Barku i javës ― The middle of the week
* (medicine) diarrhea, dysentery
    Synonyms: diarre, purth, spirë, nevojë e hollë, dizenteri
* (figurative, colloquial) heart (in the sense of bravery)
    Synonyms: zemër, shpirt
    Me gjithë bark ― With all my heart

#### Derived terms

* barkaç
* barkaçe
* barkalaq
* barkalec
* barkaliq
* barkanjoz
* barkar
* barkaris
* barkarisem
* barkartë
* barkas
* barkashor
* barkashore
* barkazi
* barkbardhë
* barkbosh
* barkbuall
* barkcalik
* barkcullak
* barkdalë
* barkderr
* barkdërrasë
* barkdozë
* barkdreq
* barkës
* barkësim
* barkëson
* barkësore
* barkëz
* barkfryrë
* barkfutur
* barkgjerë
* barkjashtë
* barkje
* barkkacek
* barkkalbur
* barkkeq
* barkkuq
* barkkuqe
* barkledh
* barklepur
* barklesh
* barklëshuar
* barklubi
* barkmace
* barkmadh
* barkmbushur
* barkngopur
* barkngushtë
* barkonjë
* barkor
* barkore
* barkos
* barkosem
* barkosh
* barkpangopur
* barkpërpjetë
* barkplot
* barkrënë
* barkstihi
* barkshpuar
* barkshtypur
* barkshuar
* barkth
* barktharë
* barkthatë
* barkthes
* barkuc
* barkulec
* barkushe
* barkvozë
* barkzbrazur
* barkzbuluar
* barkzgropur
* barkzhabë
* lëbarke
* zbërkoj

### Further reading

* FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980

## Danish
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse bǫrkr.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bark/, [b̥ɑːɡ̊]

#### Noun

bark c (singular definite barken, not used in plural form)
* bark (covering of the trunk of a tree)

##### Derived terms

* afbarke
* afbarkning
* barkborer
* barkbrun
* barkbrød
* barkfarve
* barkslag
* barkstykke

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse barki

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bark/, [b̥ɑːɡ̊]

#### Noun

bark c (singular definite barken, plural indefinite barker)
* bark (large sailing boat)

##### Inflection
### References

* “bark” in Den Danske Ordbog
* “bark,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɑrk/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: bark
* Rhymes: -ɑrk

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

bark m (plural barken, diminutive barkje n)
* the bark of certain trees, used for its tannin

### Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch barke, from Old French barque.

#### Noun

bark f (plural barken, diminutive barkje n)
* barge, a large type of rowing or sailing boat

##### Descendants

* → Sranan Tongo: barki

### Anagrams

* brak, krab

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Danish bark, from Middle French barque, from Late Latin barca, from Vulgar Latin barica, from Ancient Greek βάρις (báris, “Egyptian boat”), from Coptic ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ (baare, “small boat”), from Egyptian bꜣjr (“transport ship, type of fish”),

### Noun

bark f (genitive singular barkar, plural barkir)
* (nautical) bark: A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.

#### Synonyms

* barkskip

### Further reading

* "bark" at Sprotin.fo

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* barke

### Etymology

From Old English bark, from Old Norse bǫrkr, from Proto-Germanic *barkuz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bark/

### Noun

bark (plural barkes)
* bark (a tree's covering, often used in leatherworking or as a pharmaceutical).
* The exterior layer of a nut or other fruit.
* (rare, Late Middle English, figurative) A shallow look at something.

#### Derived terms

* barker
* barkyn

#### Descendants

* English: bark
* Scots: bark

#### References

* “bark, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse bǫrkr.

#### Noun

bark m (definite singular barken, uncountable)
* bark (outer layer of trunks and branches of trees and bushes)

##### Derived terms

* hjernebark

#### See also

* bork (Nynorsk)

### Etymology 2

From Late Latin barca, via French barque.

#### Noun

bark m (definite singular barken, indefinite plural barker, definite plural barkene)
* (nautical) a barque or bark (type of sailing ship)

### References

* “bark” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Late Latin barca, via French barque.

### Noun

bark m (definite singular barken, indefinite plural barkar, definite plural barkane)
* (nautical) a barque or bark (type of sailing ship)

### References

* “bark” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (10th–15th CE) /ba(ː)rk/
* IPA: (15th CE) /bark/, /bɒrk/

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bъrkъ

#### Noun

bark m inan
* (attested in Greater Poland) shoulder (part of the body between the base of the neck and forearm socket)
** Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa‎, page 817:Są związali tako trudno i twardo jego święte ręce i za barki ji ciągnęli[Są związali tako trudno i twardo jego święte ręce i za barki ji ciągnęli]
** c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, Lubiń: inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 72r:Lacertus est superior pars brachii vel musculus bark[Lacertus est superior pars brachii vel musculus bark]
* (agriculture) swingletree, whiffletree, whippletree
** 1868 [1455], Akta grodzkie i ziemskie z czasów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej : z archiwum tak zwanego bernardyńskiego we Lwowie w skutek fundacyi śp. Alexandra hr. Stadnickiego‎, volume XIV, page 439:Currus non habuit hakow any barkow[Currus non habuit hakow ani barkow]

##### Descendants

* Polish: bark

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

bark m animacy unattested
* Alternative form of barg

### References

* Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “bark”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
* Mańczak, Witold (2017) “bark”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
* Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “bark”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
* Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “bark”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
* Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “bark”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
* B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “bark”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
* Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023), “bark”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

## Polish
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish bark.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbark/
* (Middle Polish) IPA: /ˈbark/, /bɒrk/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ark
* Syllabification: bark

#### Noun

bark m inan (related adjective barkowy)
* shoulder (part of the body between the base of the neck and forearm socket)
    Synonym: ramię
* (architecture, historical) side extension of a fort or fortification
* (in the plural) upper back (area including the shoulder blades from one shoulder to the other)
* shoulder (side edge of the tire tread)
* shoulder (bending the arc of a horseshoe, half-moon, half-ring or buckle)
* (obsolete, agriculture) swingletree, whiffletree, whippletree
    Synonym: orczyk
* (obsolete, architecture) arch
    Synonyms: pałąk, obłąk
* (Middle Polish) shoulder (thicker and higher part of an animal's hind legs)
* (Middle Polish) arch (any bend in an object)

##### Derived terms

* barczysty
* bary
* obarczyć pf, obarczać impf
* dźwigać na barkach impf
* spaść na barki pf, spadać na barki impf
* spocząć na barkach pf, spoczywać na barkach impf
* wziąć na barki pf, brać na barki impf
* zdjąć z barków pf, zdejmować z barków impf
* złożyć na barki pf, składać na barki impf
* zrzucić na barki pf, zrzucać na barki impf

##### Related terms

* barczysto
* barczyście
* barczystość

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English barque. First attested in the 20th century. Doublet of barka.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbark/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ark
* Syllabification: bark

#### Noun

bark m inan (related adjective barkowy)
* (nautical) barque (sailing vessel)

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) First attested in 1600–1750.

#### Pronunciation

* (Middle Polish) IPA: /ˈbark/, /bɒrk/

#### Noun

bark m inan
* (Middle Polish) tool or vessel used in certain crafts or trades
    Alternative form: barka

### References

* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “bark”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “II bark”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
* 1 2 Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “bark II”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
* ↑ Paweł Kupiszewski (09.10.2018) “BARK”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

### Further reading

* bark in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* barki in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “bark”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “bark”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “bark”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “bark”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 98
* bark in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

## Slovincian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Barke.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbark/
* Rhymes: -ark
* Syllabification: bark

### Noun

bark m inan (related adjective barkôwy)
* small boat on a wagon

### Further reading

* Lorentz, Friedrich (1908) “bãrk”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎ (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 16

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse bǫrkr, from Proto-Germanic *barkuz.

### Noun

bark c (uncountable)
* bark (covering of the trunk of a tree)
* barque (type of ship)
    Synonym: barkskepp

#### Derived terms

* barkbröd

#### Related terms

* barka

### References

* bark in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* bark in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
* bark in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *b(i)ark (“home”).

### Noun

bark (definite accusative barkı, plural barklar)
* (idiomatic) home

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
bark
barklar
definite accusative
barkı
barkları
dative
barka
barklara
locative
barkta
barklarda
ablative
barktan
barklardan
genitive
barkın
barkların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
barkım
barklarım
2nd singular
barkın
barkların
3rd singular
barkı
barkları
1st plural
barkımız
barklarımız
2nd plural
barkınız
barklarınız
3rd plural
barkları
barkları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
barkımı
barklarımı
2nd singular
barkını
barklarını
3rd singular
barkını
barklarını
1st plural
barkımızı
barklarımızı
2nd plural
barkınızı
barklarınızı
3rd plural
barklarını
barklarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
barkıma
barklarıma
2nd singular
barkına
barklarına
3rd singular
barkına
barklarına
1st plural
barkımıza
barklarımıza
2nd plural
barkınıza
barklarınıza
3rd plural
barklarına
barklarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
barkımda
barklarımda
2nd singular
barkında
barklarında
3rd singular
barkında
barklarında
1st plural
barkımızda
barklarımızda
2nd plural
barkınızda
barklarınızda
3rd plural
barklarında
barklarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
barkımdan
barklarımdan
2nd singular
barkından
barklarından
3rd singular
barkından
barklarından
1st plural
barkımızdan
barklarımızdan
2nd plural
barkınızdan
barklarınızdan
3rd plural
barklarından
barklarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
barkımın
barklarımın
2nd singular
barkının
barklarının
3rd singular
barkının
barklarının
1st plural
barkımızın
barklarımızın
2nd plural
barkınızın
barklarınızın
3rd plural
barklarının
barklarının :

#### Synonyms

* ev
* hane

#### Derived terms

* barklı
* barksız

#### See also

* evsiz barksız
* evli barklı

### Further reading

* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bark”, in Nişanyan Sözlük