bakki
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse bakki, from Proto-Germanic *bankô.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bakki m (genitive singular bakka, plural bakkar)
Declension edit
Declension of bakki | ||||
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m1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bakki | bakkin | bakkar | bakkarnir |
accusative | bakka | bakkan | bakkar | bakkarnar |
dative | bakka | bakkanum | bakkum | bakkunum |
genitive | bakka | bakkans | bakka | bakkanna |
Declension of bakki | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
m3 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bakki | bakkin | bakkar | bakkarnir |
accusative | bakka | bakkan | bakkar | bakkarnar |
dative | bakka | bakkanum | bøkkum | bøkkunum |
genitive | bakka | bakkans | bakka | bakkanna |
Greenlandic edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Danish bakke (“hill”), from Old Danish bakkæ, from Old Norse bakki, from Proto-Germanic *bankô.
Noun edit
bakki (plural bakkit)
Declension edit
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse bakki, from Proto-Germanic *bankô.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bakki m (genitive singular bakka, nominative plural bakkar)
- bank (edge of river or lake)
- tray (e.g. a dinner tray or ashtray)
- the blunt side of a blade (on a knife, sword, etc.)
Declension edit
declension of bakki
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “bakki” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Old Norse edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *bankô.
Noun edit
bakki m
- bank (of a river, lake, chasm, etc.)
- ridge, bank
- a mound on which the target is set up
- bank of clouds above the horizon
- back of a knife or other cutting instrument, opp. to egg.
Declension edit
Declension of bakki (weak an-stem)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Swedish and Danish forms with -kk- from western dialectal influence.
- Icelandic: bakki
- Faroese: bakki
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bakke; (dialectal) bakki, bakka, bakk
- Old Swedish: bakke (banke in the toponym Bankekind)
- Old Danish: bakkæ