"stirk" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /stɜːk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /stɝk/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stirk.wav [Southern-England] Forms: stirks [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k Etymology: From Middle English stirk, sterke, styrke, from Old English stīrc, stȳrc, stȳric, stīorc (“calf, a stirk, a young bullock or a heifer”), from Proto-West Germanic *stiurik, from Proto-Germanic *stiurikaz (“bullock”), diminutive of Proto-Germanic *steuraz (“steer”), equivalent to steer + -ock. Cognate with Middle Low German sterke (“stirk”), Middle Dutch stierick ("stirk"; compare Modern Dutch sterke (“young cow”)), German Sterk, Stärke, Stark (“stirk”). More at steer. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|stirk}} Middle English stirk, {{m|enm|sterke}} sterke, {{m|enm|styrke}} styrke, {{inh|en|ang|stīrc}} Old English stīrc, {{m|ang|stȳrc}} stȳrc, {{m|ang|stȳric}} stȳric, {{m|ang|stīorc|t=calf, a stirk, a young bullock or a heifer}} stīorc (“calf, a stirk, a young bullock or a heifer”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*stiurik}} Proto-West Germanic *stiurik, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*stiurikaz|t=bullock}} Proto-Germanic *stiurikaz (“bullock”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*steuraz|t=steer}} Proto-Germanic *steuraz (“steer”), {{suf|en|steer|ock}} steer + -ock, {{cog|gml|sterke||stirk}} Middle Low German sterke (“stirk”), {{cog|dum|stierick}} Middle Dutch stierick, {{cog|nl|sterke|t=young cow}} Dutch sterke (“young cow”), {{gloss|"stirk"; compare Modern Dutch <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl">sterke</i> (“young cow”)}} ("stirk"; compare Modern Dutch sterke (“young cow”)), {{cog|de|Sterk}} German Sterk, {{m|de|Stärke}} Stärke, {{m|de|Stark||stirk}} Stark (“stirk”), {{l|en|steer}} steer Head templates: {{en-noun}} stirk (plural stirks)
  1. (British, Scotland, dialectal, dated) A yearling cow; a young bullock or heifer. Tags: British, Scotland, dated, dialectal Categories (lifeform): Cattle

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