píka
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
píka f
- pike (weapon)
Declension edit
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
píka f (genitive singular píku, plural píkur)
Declension edit
Declension of píka | ||||
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f1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | píka | píkan | píkur | píkurnar |
accusative | píku | píkuna | píkur | píkurnar |
dative | píku | píkuni | píkum | píkunum |
genitive | píku | píkunnar | píka | píkanna |
Synonyms edit
- genta f
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse píka. Compare the Danish pige (“girl”) and Swedish piga (“maid”). Its origin in Icelandic is not certain as it occurs in Norway for the first time around 14th century and in Icelandic in the 15th century.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
píka f (genitive singular píku, nominative plural píkur)
Declension edit
declension of píka
Derived terms edit
- afturbatapíka
- dándipíka
- dándispíka
- hefðarpíka
- heiðurspíka
- herbergispíka
- píkuskrækur
- stofupíka
- yngispíka
- þjónustupíka
See also edit
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Finnish piika.
Noun edit
píka f (genitive píku, plural píkur)
- a girl, a lass, a virgin
- a young girl, a working girl, a virgin, a lass, a spinster
- píkan Margrét. ― the spinster Margrét
Usage notes edit
- The usage of this word, when referring to a girl or a young woman is quite rare and is hardly used of a gentlewoman.
Declension edit
Declension of píka (weak ōn-stem)
Quotations edit
- From The Saga of Thorstein, Viking's Son
- Sveinninn nefndist Herrauðr, en píkan Herríðr, "Hefi ek týnt gulli mínu," segir hún. "Veit ek þat muni Sindra, föður mínum, illa líka.22. Þorsteinn fann Sindra dverg
- The boy called himself Herraud, and the girl Herrid. Said she: I have lost my gold ring, and I know this will make my father, Sindre, cross.The Saga of Thorstein Viking's Son- Chapter XXII
- Sveinninn nefndist Herrauðr, en píkan Herríðr, "Hefi ek týnt gulli mínu," segir hún. "Veit ek þat muni Sindra, föður mínum, illa líka.22. Þorsteinn fann Sindra dverg