smekkur

Icelandic

A baby wearing a bib.

Etymology

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From Old Norse -smekkr (in e.g. afsmekkr, “taste”), likely borrowed from Old English smæcc, from Proto-Germanic *smakkuz, from Proto-Indo-European *smeg-. Cognate with English smack, smatch, and smake. In the sense “bib” a borrowing (ca. 1900) from Danish smække.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsmɛhkʏr/
Rhymes: -ɛhkʏr

Noun

smekkur m (genitive singular smekks, nominative plural smekkir)

personal taste
sense of taste
Synonym: bragðskyn
bib (item of clothing for babies tied around their neck to protect their clothes from getting dirty when eating)
Synonym: hlífðardúkur

Declension

Declension of smekkur
m-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	smekkur	smekkurinn	smekkir	smekkirnir
accusative	smekk	smekkinn	smekki	smekkina
dative	smekk	smekknum	smekkjum	smekkjunum
genitive	smekks	smekksins	smekkja	smekkjanna

Derived terms

hafa smekk fyrir (to have a liking for, to have a taste for)
smekklegur (“tasteful, in good taste”)