ark

See also:Ark,Ark.,andārk

English

Etymology

FromMiddle Englisharke,fromOld Englishearc,ærc,fromLatinarca(“chest, box, coffer”),fromarceō(“I enclose”).

Noah's Ark

Pronunciation

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

• Audio(US):

  (file)

• Rhymes:-ɑː(ɹ)k
• Homophone:arc

Noun

ark(pluralarks)

1. A largeboxwith a flat lid.
2. (Judaism,Christianity,Islam)Noah's ark:the ship built byNoahto save his family and a collection of animals from thedeluge.
   • 1981,William Irwin Thompson,The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture,London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page201:

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

3. Something affording protection;safety,shelter,refuge.
4. (figuratively)Thebodyas avessel.
   • 1850,[Alfred, Lord Tennyson],In Memoriam,London:Edward Moxon,[…],→OCLC,Canto XII:

     Like her I go; I cannot stay;
     ⁠I leave this mortalarkbehind,
     A weight of nerves without a mind,
     And leave the cliffs, and haste away […]

5. A spacious type of boat with a flat bottom.
   • 1990,Lou Sullivan, chapter 7, inFrom Female to Male: The Life of Jack Bee Garland,page76:

     Some seventy or seventy-fivearkswere permanently located on McLeod's Lake and between 110 and 125 people lived in them.

6. (Judaism)TheArk of the Covenant.
8. (Judaism)Adecoratedcabinetat the front of asynagogue,in whichTorahscrollsare kept.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• ark clam
• ark-floater
• arkful
• arklike
• ark load
• arkload
• Ark of the Covenant
• ark shell
• ark storm
• arkwright
• go out with the ark
• Noah's ark(the ark)
• Noah's Ark(toponym)
• out of the ark
• pig ark

Descendants

• →Maori:āka

Translations

large box

• Bulgarian:сандъ́к(bg)m(sandǎ́k)
• Galician:arca(gl)f,arcazm
• Hebrew:אָרוֹן(he)m
• Indonesian:tabut(id),peti(id)
• Norwegian:ark(no)m
• Portuguese:arca(pt)f
• Russian:сунду́к(ru)m(sundúk)
• Swedish:ark(sv)c
• Yiddish:אָרוןm(orn)

Noah's ship

• Arabic:سَفِينَة(ar)f(safīna)
• Armenian:տապան(hy)(tapan)
• Basque:Noeren ontzia
• Belarusian:каўчэ́гm(kaŭčéh)
• Bulgarian:ковче́г(bg)m(kovčég),ба́ркаf(bárka)
• Catalan:arca(ca)f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Thuyền cứu nạn(zh)(fāngzhōu)

• Czech:archa(cs)f
• Esperanto:arkeo
• Estonian:Ark(et)
• Faroese:ørkf
• 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:áircf
• Italian:arca(it)f
• Japanese:Rương thuyền(はこぶね, hakobune)
• Korean:방주( thuyền cứu nạn )(ko)(bangju)
• Latin:arcaf
• Latvian:arkaf
• Lithuanian:arka(lt)f
• Macedonian:аркаf(arka),ковчегm(kovčeg)
• Malay:bahtera(ms)
• Maltese:arkaf
• Maori:āka
• Ngazidja Comorian:safinaclass9
• Norwegian:ark(no)m
• Old Church Slavonic:ковьчєгъm(kovĭčegŭ)
• Persian:کشتی(phát)(kašti)
• Polish:arka(pl)f
• Portuguese:arca(pt)f
• Romanian:arcaf
• Russian:ковче́г(ru)m(kovčég)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:ковчегm

  Roman:kovčeg(sh)m

• Slovak:archaf
• Slovene:barkaf
• 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:תּבֿהf(teyve)

consecrated container

• Bulgarian:киво́тm(kivót)
• Faroese:ørkf
• French:arche(fr)f
• Greek:κιβωτός(el)f(kivotós)
• Ido:archo(io)
• Indonesian:tabut(id)
• Irish:áircf
• 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),божни́ца(ru)f(božníca)
• Spanish:arca(es)f
• Swedish:ark(sv)c
• Yiddish:אָרוןm(orn),אָרון־קודשm(orn-koydesh)

Further reading

• “ark”,inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary,Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.
• “ark”,inThe Century Dictionary[…],New York, N.Y.:The Century Co.,1911,→OCLC.

Anagrams

• RAK,KRA,kar,Kra,kra,KAR,RKA,AKR

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈɑːɡ̊]

Etymology 1

ViaMiddle Low GermanarkfromLatinarcus.The Latin words means "bow", but it is here used in a wider sense of the folded paper. Compare the same semantic development inGermanBogen(“bow; sheet of paper”).

Noun

arkn(singular definitearket,plural indefinitearker)

1. asheet(of paper)

Declension

Declension ofark

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

Synonyms

• papir

Etymology 2

FromOld Danishark,Old Norseǫrk,fromProto-Germanic*arkō,borrowed fromLatinarca(“chest, coffin; ark”).

Noun

arkc(singular definitearken,plural indefinitearker)

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

Declension

Declension ofark

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

Dutch

Etymology

FromMiddle Dutcharke.Thisetymologyis 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

arkf(pluralarken,diminutivearkjen)

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

   Synonym:woonark

Derived terms

• woonark

Descendants

• Afrikaans:ark

Icelandic

Etymology

BorrowedfromDanishark,fromLatinarcus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ar̥k/
• Rhymes:-ar̥k

Noun

arkn(genitive singulararks,nominative pluralörk)

1. (obsolete)sheet(of paper)

   Synonyms:blað,örkż

Declension

Declension ofark(neuter)

	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

Maltese

Alternative forms

• arku

Etymology

BorrowedfromEnglisharc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈark/

Noun

arkm(pluralarkietorarkijiet)

1. arc

Manx

Alternative forms

• urk

Etymology

FromMiddle Irishorc,arc(“young pig”),fromProto-Celtic*ɸorkos,fromProto-Indo-European*pórḱos,from*perḱ-(“to dig”).

Noun

arkf(genitive singulararkagh,pluralarkynorirk)

1. youngpig,piglet

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 orc”,ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Middle English

Alternative forms

• arke

Etymology

Borrowed fromOld Frencharc,fromLatinarcus(“a bow, arc, arch”).

Noun

ark(pluralarks)

1. The path of the sun across the sky.

Descendants

• English:arc
  • →Irish:arc
  • →Maltese:ark
  • →Welsh:arc

References

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

North Frisian

Determiner

ark

1. (Mooring)each;every

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

FromOld Norseǫrk(“chest”),fromProto-Norse*ᚨᚱᚲᚢ(*arku),borrowed during pre-Christian time fromLatinarca(“chest, box”),fromarceō(“enclose, box in”),fromProto-Italic*arkeō,fromProto-Indo-European*h₂erk-(“to protect, guard”).

Noun

arkm(definite singulararken,indefinite pluralarker,definite pluralarkene)

1. theark(boat of Noah)
2. paktensark- theArk of the Covenant

Synonyms

• kvist(dormer)

Etymology 2

FromOld Danishark,arken,arkens,throughMiddle Low GermanorLow Germanarkener(“breast protection”),fromOld Frencharquiere(“shooting range”).

Noun

arkm(definite singulararken,indefinite pluralarker,definite pluralarkene)

1. (architecture)adormer

Etymology 3

FromLow Germanark,fromLatinarcus(“arc, arch”),fromProto-Indo-European*h₂erkʷo-(“bow,arrow”).

Noun

arkn(definite singulararket,indefinite pluralark,definite pluralarkaorarkene)

1. asheet(of paper)

Synonyms

• papir

Derived terms

• A4-ark
• faktaark
• papirark
• regneark

References

• “ark”inThe Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

FromOld Norseǫrk,fromLatinarca(“chest, box”);sense 3 fromOld Frencharquire,viaMiddle Low GermanorLow Germanand oldDanish.

Noun

arkf(definite singulararka,indefinite pluralarker,definite pluralarkene)

1. theark(boat of Noah)
2. paktarka- theArk of the Covenant
3. (architecture)adormer

Synonyms

• kvist(dormer)

Etymology 2

FromLatinarcus,viaLow Germanark.

Noun

arkn(definite singulararket,indefinite pluralark,definite pluralarka)

1. asheet(of paper)

Synonyms

• papir

Derived terms

• A4-ark
• faktaark
• papirark

References

• “ark”inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

FromOld Swedishark,borrowed fromLatinarca,into the Germanic languages in pre-Christian time.

Noun

arkc

1. anark,abox;theArk of the Covenant
2. theark(ship) of Noah, resembling a box

Declension

Declension ofark

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ark	arks
	definite	arken	arkens
plural	indefinite	arkar	arkars
	definite	arkarna	arkarnas

Related terms

• förbundsark

Etymology 2

FromOld Swedishark,fromMiddle Low Germanark,fromLatinarcus(“bow”).CompareGermanBogen.It refers to the bend of theparchmentwhen folded.

Noun

arkn

1. asheetofpaper(for writing on)
2. (printing)asignature,a multiple of four pages printed on a single sheet, which is folded and bound into a book

Declension

Declension ofark

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ark	arks
	definite	arket	arkets
plural	indefinite	ark	arks
	definite	arken	arkens

Synonyms

• papper
• blad

Related terms

• arkmatare
• arksignatur
• dubbelark

Descendants

• →Finnish:arkki

Anagrams

• kar,rak

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈaɾk/

Noun

ark(definite accusativearkı,pluralarklar)

1. (chieflyInternet)Abbreviationofarkadaş.

West Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ark/

Noun

arkn(no plural)

1. tool
2. stuff,junk

Further reading

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