English edit

Etymology edit

From colloquial Spanish flaka (an elegant, charming woman), derived from Spanish flaca (skinny, slender).

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

flakka (uncountable)

  1. (slang) The stimulant drug alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone.

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse flakka, from Proto-Germanic *flakkōn (to flutter, wander, roam), from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-, which could be related to Ancient Greek πλάζω (plázō, to turn away from).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

flakka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative flakkaði, supine flakkað)

  1. (intransitive) to wander, to roam
    Synonyms: ráfa, eigra, reika, rangla, sveima

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

  • flakk (wandering, roaming)
  • flakkari (wanderer, vagrant)

References edit

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “flakkon”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 144

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse flakka.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

flakka (present tense flakkar, past tense flakka, past participle flakka, passive infinitive flakkast, present participle flakkande, imperative flakka/flakk)

  1. to wander about
  2. to flicker (as the light of a candle)
  3. to flit (move rapidly, unpredictably)

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