kirk

See also: Kirk and kırk

English

Etymology

From Old Norse kirkja or Old English cirice.

Pronunciation

Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k

Noun

kirk (plural kirks)

(Northern England and Scotland) a church.

Scots

Etymology

From Old Norse kirkja or Old English cirice.

Noun

kirk (plural kirks)

Verb

kirk (third-person singular present kirks, present participle kirkin, past kirkit, past participle kirkit)

(transitive) to bring to church for burial

See also

kirkit

References

“kirk” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.