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Sark¹

  • /sɑːk/ UK
  • /sɑɹk/ US

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)k

Where it comes from

Unknown, see Sercq and Wikipedia for more.

proper noun

  1. An island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands.

Sark²

  • /sɑːk/ UK
  • /sɑɹk/ US

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)k

Where it comes from

Probably derived from Proto-Brythonic *serx, of uncertain meaning and etymology but associated with "circularity".

proper noun

  1. A minor river in Dumfries and Galloway council area and Cumbria, forming part of the border between Scotland and England, which flows into the tidal Esk at Gretna; in full, the River Sark. I have often been amused by travellers pointing out, first the Eden, just north of the station, and then the Esk, which young Lochinvar swam, as the Border; the real boundary is, of course, the little river Sark, just south of the Caledonian station at Gretna; […].

sark³

  • /sɑːk/

Rhymes with -ɑːk

Where it comes from

From Middle English serk, sark, serke, from Old English serċ, sierċ m; and serċe, sierċe f (“sark, shirt, shift, smock, tunic, corselet, coat of mail”), from Proto-West Germanic *sarki, from Proto-Germanic *sarkiz (“shirt, armour, hauberk”), from Proto-Indo-European *swerg-, *swerk- (“clothes worn outside”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to arrange, tack, tie, unite”).

Cognate with Scots sark, serk (“shirt, shift”), North Frisian serk (“shirt”), Danish særk (“gown, shirt”), Swedish särk (“shirt, chemise”), Icelandic serkur (“nightshirt”).

noun sarks

  1. archaic A garment worn against the torso, inclusive of shirts, tunics, undershirts, nightshirts, surplices. Near is the kirtle, but nearer the sark.
  2. Northern England, Scotland Synonym of shirt, whether worn against the skin or not. The next thing the watchers saw was the laird struggling up the far bank and casting his coat from him, so that he rode in his sark.

    Similar: shirt, whether worn against the skin or not

sark⁴

  • /sɑːk/

Rhymes with -ɑːk

verb sarks · sarking · sarked

  1. transitive To cover with sarking, or thin boards.

Translations

Every language

name island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands

한국어사크섬 sakeuseom
日本語サーク島
中文薩克 /萨克
FrançaisSercq
العربيةسَارك sārk
עבריתסרק

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@misc{sark_2026,
  title = {sark},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sark},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}