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shalk

/ʃɔːk/

shalk noun: a servant.

Noun

shalk (plural shalks)

  1. (obsolete) A servant.
  2. (UK, dialectal) A man; fellow.

Forms of shalk

pluralshalks
alternative formschalk
alternative formschak
alternative formschaik
alternative formshack

Origin of shalk

From Middle English schalk, scalk, from Old English scealc (“servant; man, soldier, sailor”), from Proto-West Germanic *skalk, from Proto-Germanic *skalkaz (“servant, knight”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cleave, separate, part, divide”). Cognate with German Schalk (“joker”), Old Norse skálkr (“servant, rogue”) ( > Danish and Swedish skalk), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐍃 (skalks, “servant”).

Words that rhyme with shalk

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Questions about shalk

What does shalk mean?
Shalk means a servant.
What part of speech is shalk?
Shalk is a noun.
How do you pronounce shalk?
Shalk is pronounced /ʃɔːk/.
What is the plural of shalk?
The plural of shalk is shalks.

Words near shalk in the dictionary

  1. Shalimar
  2. shaliness
  3. shaling
  4. shalionaire
  5. shalionaires
  6. shalk
  7. shalks
  8. shall
  9. shall I say
  10. shall we say
  11. shall's

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