Infinitive
chirk
Participles
| Present | chirkin |
| Past | chirkit |
Present
chirks
Past
chirkit
Verbs conjugated like chirk
conseest,
adheebit,
brakfast,
enfauld,
affeurd,
afflick,
afflict,
affoord,
affuird,
affront,
affroad,
dreep,
adapt,
abund,
agent,
airth,
frait,
cairt,
clock,
cleck, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Etymology
1. From Middle English cherkin, from Old English ċearcian, ċiercian, variant forms of Old English cracian, from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn (“to crack; crackle; shriek”).
2. Cognate with English chirk. Doublet of chork, crak, crake, and jarg. The noun is derived from the verb. See: English '
chirk'.
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