fisk
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɪsk/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪsk
Verb
fisk (third-person singular simple present fisks, present participle fisking, simple past and past participle fisked)
- (obsolete) To run about; to fist; to whisk.
- 1549 April 8 (Gregorian calendar), Hughe Latymer [i.e., Hugh Latimer], Augustine Bernher, compiler, “[27 Sermons Preached by the Ryght Reuerende Father in God and Constant Matir of Iesus Christe, Maister Hugh Latimer, […].] The Fourth Sermon of Master Hugh Latimer whiche He Preached before Kyng Edwarde [VI], the .XXIX. Day of Marche.”, in Certayn Godly Sermons, Made uppon the Lords Prayer, […], London: […] John Day, […], published 1562, →OCLC, folio 50, recto:
- [W]hen the light of Goddes word is once reueled, then he is buſy, then he rores then he fyſkes abrode, and ſtyrreth vp erronious opiniõs.
Etymology 2
Back-formation from fisking.
Verb
fisk (third-person singular simple present fisks, present participle fisking, simple past and past participle fisked)
- To rebut an argument line by line, especially on the Internet.
- 2002 December, Institute of Public Affairs, “The World of Blog”, in Review, archived from the original on 26 September 2009:
- A proper fisking leaves the reader with a clear understanding that the text so fisked was appallingly wrong in every important respect!
- 2008 March 13, “Fisked By Obama”, in The Economist:
- Now, apparently, Barack Obama's campaign is fisking Hillary Clinton's campaign memos.
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfesk/, [ˈfe̝sɡ̊], [ˈfe̝sk]
Etymology 1
From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (“fish”). Cognate with English fish and German Fisch. The Germanic word is related to Latin piscis, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- (“fish”).
Noun
fisk c (singular definite fisken, plural indefinite fisk)
- fish
- Pisces (someone with a Pisces star sign)
- (card games) Go Fish (a card game for children)
Inflection
Further reading
- fisk on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
- Fisk (kortspil) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
- Fisk (flertydig) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Etymology 2
See fiske (“to fish”).
Elfdalian
Etymology
From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-. Cognate with Swedish fisk.
Declension
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Faroese
Icelandic
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɪsk/
Etymology 1
From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- (“fish”).
Derived terms
See also derived terms at fiske.
References
- “fisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- fesk (dialectal)
Etymology
From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-. Akin to English fish.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɪsk/
Derived terms
See also derived terms at fiske.
References
- “fisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old High German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, whence also Old English fisċ, Old Norse fiskr, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (fisks), from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-. Cognates include Latin piscis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fis̄k/
Declension
Old Norse
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, whence also Old English fisċ, Old Dutch and Old High German fisk, Old Norse fiskr, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (fisks), from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.
Russenorsk
Etymology
Inherited from Norwegian Nynorsk fisk. Probably of southern origin, because the northern dialectal form is fesk.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish fisker, from Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- (“fish”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɪsk/
- Rhymes: -ɪsk
audio (file)
Noun
fisk c
Declension
Declension of fisk | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | fisk | fisken | fiskar | fiskarna |
Genitive | fisks | fiskens | fiskars | fiskarnas |
Derived terms
Adverb
fisk
See also
Zodiac signs in Swedish (layout · text) | |||||||||||
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Väduren | Oxen | Tvillingarna | Kräftan | ||||||||
Lejonet | Jungfrun | Vågen | Skorpionen | ||||||||
Skytten | Stenbocken | Vattumannen | Fiskarna |
References
Anagrams
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian fisk, from Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɪsk/
Further reading
- “fisk”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011