virka

virka

1. partitive/illative singular of virk

virka (third person singular past indicative virkaði, third person plural past indicative virkað, supine virkað)

1. to work, to function, to operate

Most likely derived from Old Norse virkja, virki (“work”) or older Proto-Norse, with possible influence from Etymology 2.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋirkɑ/, [ˈʋirkɑ]
• Rhymes: -irkɑ
• Syllabification^(key): vir‧ka

virka

1. post, position, office, public office (public sector work)

   olla virassa, hoitaa virkaa

   to hold an office

   astua virkaan

   to assume one's office/post/responsibilities/duties, to be inaugurated/installed/inducted into office

   asettaa virkaan

   to inaugurate into office, install into office, induct into office

2. purpose, point, function

• virasto
• virkailija
• virkailla

• virkaanastujaiset

From Proto-Finnic *virka, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Latvian verdze).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋirkɑ/, [ˈʋirkɑ]
• Rhymes: -irkɑ
• Syllabification^(key): vir‧ka

virka

1. (dialectal) line or row, especially of traps or snares

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋirkɑˣ/, [ˈʋirkɑ(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -irkɑ
• Syllabification^(key): vir‧ka

virka

1. present active indicative connegative of virkkaa
2. second-person singular present imperative of virkkaa
3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative of virkkaa

• kirva

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪr̥ka/
• Rhymes: -ɪr̥ka

virka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative virkaði, supine virkað)

1. (intransitive) to work, to function

• virkni (“activity, action, function”)

• virket

virka

1. inflection of virke:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

From Old Norse virkja, from Proto-Germanic *wirkijaną.

virka (present virkar, preterite virkade, supine virkat, imperative virka)

1. to crochet

• virkkrok
• virkning
• virknål

• arkiv, vikar