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古風な呼びかけ Hark! は「聞け、耳を傾けよ」。名詞では、その呼びかけの声や発声そのものを指すまれな用法です。hear と同系の hearken「注意して聞く」につなげ、物語や詩で人々の注意を引く「さあ聞け」という場面ごと覚えます。
Connect the noun hark with the old command Hark!, meaning “listen” or “pay attention.” Imagine a herald in a historical play calling out before making an announcement. The noun refers to that attention-getting utterance itself, although this use is rare. Link it with hearken, a literary verb meaning “listen attentively,” and with hear. Remember that modern speakers seldom say a hark; the word is most likely to appear when describing archaic, poetic, or theatrical language.
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hark の語源・成り立ち Etymology
hark はもとは「聞け」「耳を傾けよ」と促す語で、中英語 herkien、さらに古英語 heorcnian「注意して聞く」にさかのぼります。そこから呼びかけの間投詞や名詞的用法も生まれ、「さあ聞け」という響きがそのまま意味になった語です。関連語は hearken、hear。
Hark developed from Middle English forms such as herken or herkien, ultimately related to Old English heorcnian, “to listen attentively.” It is historically connected with hearken and, more broadly, hear. The verb became familiar as an imperative calling for attention, especially in literary or theatrical language. Its rare noun use arose from treating the spoken command or cry “hark” as a thing that could itself be named.
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