klokka
See also: klòkka
Faroese
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse klokka, from Late Latin clocca, of Celtic origin, from Gaulish clocca, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (“bell”) (compare Welsh cloch, Irish clog), from Proto-Indo-European *klēg-, *klōg- (onomatopoeia).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editklokka f (genitive singular klokku, plural klokkur)
Declension
editDeclension of klokka | ||||
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f1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | klokka | klokkan | klokkur | klokkurnar |
accusative | klokku | klokkuna | klokkur | klokkurnar |
dative | klokku | klokkuni | klokkum | klokkunum |
genitive | klokku | klokkunnar | klokka | klokkanna |
Synonyms
edit- (clock): ur
Hyponyms
editclock
- vekingarklokka (alarm clock)
bell
- kirkjuklokka (church bell), skipsklokka (ship's bell)
Verb
editklokka (third person singular past indicative klokkaði, third person plural past indicative klokkaðu, supine klokkað)
- to chime
Conjugation
editConjugation of klokka (group v-30) | ||
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infinitive | klokka | |
supine | klokkað | |
participle (a6)1 | klokkandi | klokkaður |
present | past | |
first singular | klokki | klokkaði |
second singular | klokkar | klokkaði |
third singular | klokkar | klokkaði |
plural | klokka | klokkaðu |
imperative | ||
singular | klokka! | |
plural | klokkið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
Norwegian Bokmål
editAlternative forms
editNoun
editklokka m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk
editNoun
editklokka f
Old Norse
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin clocca, probably of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (“bell”) (compare Welsh cloch, Irish clog), from Proto-Indo-European *klēg-, *klōg- (onomatopoeia).
Akin to Old High German klocca.
Noun
editklokka f (genitive klokku, plural klokkur)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “klokka”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Categories:
- Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Late Latin
- Faroese terms derived from Celtic languages
- Faroese terms derived from Gaulish
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Faroese onomatopoeias
- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese nouns
- Faroese feminine nouns
- Faroese verbs
- fo:Clocks
- fo:Time
- Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Bokmål noun forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk noun forms
- Old Norse terms derived from Late Latin
- Old Norse terms derived from Celtic languages
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse onomatopoeias
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse nouns
- Old Norse feminine nouns