Faroese

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Noun

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lykt f (genitive singular lyktar, plural lyktir)

  1. lamp, light, lantern

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

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse lukt, from Middle Low German lucht, from Proto-Germanic *luftuz. Doublet of luft (air).

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lykt f (genitive singular lyktar, nominative plural lyktir)

  1. smell, odour

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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

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

  1. a light, lamp or lantern

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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From Middle Low German luchte.

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

  1. a light, lamp or lantern

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *lukidjō.

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lykt f

  1. end, conclusion
  2. payment

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References

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