sparka

From Old Norse sparka, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *spurnaną (“to trample, kick”). Compare Swedish sparka.

• IPA^(key): /ˈspar̥ka/

  Rhymes: -ar̥ka

sparka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sparkaði, supine sparkað)

1. to kick [with dative]
2. (figuratively) to give someone the boot, to fire, to sack [with dative]

• spark

• sparkene

sparka n

1. definite plural of spark

• sparket

sparka

1. inflection of sparke:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

sparka n

1. definite plural of spark

From sparzyć +‎ -ka.

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Kielce) IPA^(key): /ˈspar.ka/

sparka f

1. (Kielce) synonym of upał

• Władysław Siarkowski (1878) “sparka”, in “Materiały do etnografii ludu polskiego z okolic Kielc”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowej (in Polish), volume 2, chapter 3, Krakow: Komisyja Antropologiczna Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, page 253

From Old Norse sparka, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *spurnaną (“to trample, kick”). Compare Icelandic sparka.

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sparka (present sparkar, preterite sparkade, supine sparkat, imperative sparka)

2. to kick; to strike with the foot or leg
   • 1909, Leon Larson, Samhällets fiende‎^[1]:

     Han kände sig ungefär som en häst som sparkat sönder sina skaklar och som nu kunde få skena i väg så långt han ville utan fruktan för piskan och tygeln.

     He felt something like a horse that had kicked its shackles to pieces, and that now could bolt as far as he pleased without fear of whip or reins.

3. (slang) to fire; terminate an employment

The passive sparkas often has an active meaning as well in (sense 1).

• spark

• sparka in Svensk ordbok.

• Kaspar, skapar, skarpa, skrapa