lykt

Faroese edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [lɪkt]

Noun edit

lykt f (genitive singular lyktar, plural lyktir)

lamp, light, lantern

Declension edit

Declension of lykt
f2	singular		plural
f2	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lykt	lyktin	lyktir	lyktirnar
accusative	lykt	lyktina	lyktir	lyktirnar
dative	lykt	lyktini	lyktum	lyktunum
genitive	lyktar	lyktarinnar	lykta	lyktanna

Derived terms edit

lummalykt (torch light)

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /lɪxt/
Rhymes: -ɪxt

Noun edit

lykt f (genitive singular lyktar, nominative plural lyktir)

smell, odour

Declension edit

declension of lykt

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
f-s2	singular		plural
nominative	lykt	lyktin	lyktir	lyktirnar
accusative	lykt	lyktina	lyktir	lyktirnar
dative	lykt	lyktinni	lyktum	lyktunum
genitive	lyktar	lyktarinnar	lykta	lyktanna

Synonyms edit

(smell): þefur

Derived terms edit

Derived terms

brunalykt (“burnt smell”)
fjósalykt (“smell of a cowshed”)
fúkkalykt (“musty smell, damp smell”)
hlandlykt (“smell of urine”)
hveralykt (“smell of a hot spring, sulphuric smell”)
ilmvatnslykt (“smell of perfume”)
kaffilykt (“smell of coffee”)
lyktarlaus (“odourless”)
lyktarsterkur (“strong-smelling”)
lyktnæmi (“sensitivity to smells”)
lyktnæmur (“sensitive to smells”)
matarlykt (“smell of food”)
ólykt (“bad smell, stench”)
reykjarlykt (“smell of smoke”)
rotnunarlykt (“smell of decay”)
sviðalykt (“burnt smell”)
vínlykt (“smell of alcohol”)
ýldulykt (“smell of decay”)

Related terms edit

lykta (“to smell”)

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

lykt

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German luchte, via the older spelling lykte; compare with Danish lygte and Swedish lykta.

Noun edit

lykt f or m (definite singular lykta or lykten, indefinite plural lykter, definite plural lyktene)

a light, lamp or lantern

Derived terms edit

References edit

“lykt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

lykt

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German luchte.

Noun edit

lykt f (definite singular lykta, indefinite plural lykter, definite plural lyktene)

a light, lamp or lantern

Derived terms edit

References edit

“lykt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *lukidjō.

Noun edit

lykt f

end, conclusion
payment

Declension edit

Declension of lykt (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lykt	lyktin	lyktir	lyktirnar
accusative	lykt	lyktina	lyktir	lyktirnar
dative	lykt	lyktinni	lyktum	lyktunum
genitive	lyktar	lyktarinnar	lykta	lyktanna

Related terms edit

References edit

“lykt”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press