sork

Swedish

en skogssork

Alternative forms

• surk (dialectal)

Etymology

According to Hellquist, probably related to Latin sorex and/or Ancient Greek ὕραξ (húrax). Compare also Russian сурок (surok).

Noun

sork c

1. any of various rodents in the taxonomic subfamily Arvicolinae.

Declension

Declension of sork

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sork	sorks
	definite	sorken	sorkens
plural	indefinite	sorkar	sorkars
	definite	sorkarna	sorkarnas

See also

• lämmel (“lemming”)

References

• sork in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sork in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sork in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• sork in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• kors, skor