kyrka

kyrka (present tense kyrker, past tense kyrkte, past participle kyrkt, passive infinitive kyrkast, present participle kyrkande, imperative kyrk)

1. Alternative spelling of kyrke

• (pronunciation spellings) kôrka, körka
• kyrcka (obsolete)

From Old Swedish kyrkia, kirkia, from Old Norse kirkja, from Old English cirice, from Late Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, from Byzantine Greek κυριακόν (δόμα) (kuriakón (dóma), literally “Lord's (house)”), from Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, “lord”).

• IPA^(key): /²ɕʏrka/, (dated, dialectal:) /²ɕørka/, (Finland Swedish:) /²tɕʏrka/

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kyrka c

1. a church (building)
2. a church (organization)

• kyrka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)