Faroese edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Norse dúkr, borrowed from Middle Low German dôk, dûk, from Old Saxon dōk, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk (cloth, rag), from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz (cloth, rag), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwōg- (cloth)

Cognate with Danish dug, Swedish duk, Norwegian Nynorsk duk, Norwegian Bokmål duk, and German Tuch.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

dúkur m (genitive singular dúks, plural dúkar)

  1. tablecloth

Declension edit

Declension of dúkur
m6 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dúkur dúkurin dúkar dúkarnir
accusative dúk dúkin dúkar dúkarnar
dative dúki dúkinum dúkum dúkunum
genitive dúks dúksins dúka dúkanna

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse dúkr, borrowed from Middle Low German dôk, dûk, from Old Saxon dōk, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk (cloth, rag), from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz (cloth, rag), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwōg- (cloth)

Cognate with Danish dug, Swedish duk, Norwegian Nynorsk duk, Norwegian Bokmål duk, and German Tuch.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

dúkur m (genitive singular dúks, nominative plural dúkar)

  1. cloth, sheet (usually fabric, but also refers to things like e.g. linoleum flooring)

Declension edit