Old English · noun
weorchus
Normalised weorchūs
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈwe͜orkˌxuːs/[ˈwe͜orˠkˌhuːs]
- Syllables
- ˈwe͜ork · ˌxuːs (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- workshopworkhouse
Meaning
-
workshop
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | weorchūs | weorchūs |
| Accusative | weorchūs | weorchūs |
| Genitive | weorchūses | weorchūsa |
| Dative | weorchūse | weorchūsum |
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *werkahūsą. Cognate with Old High German werchūs and Old Norse verkhús. Equivalent to weorc + hūs.
Descendants
workhouse
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