speki

See also: spēki, speķi, and speķī

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse speki, from spakr (“wise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspeːʰt͡ʃɪ/

  Rhymes: -eːʰt͡ʃɪ

Noun

speki f (genitive singular speki, uncountable)

1. wisdom, expertise

Declension

Declension of speki (singular only)
f33s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	speki	spekin
accusative	speki	spekina
dative	speki	spekini
genitive	speki	spekinnar

Synonyms

• vísdómur m
• vitska f

Derived terms

• heimspeki f
• lívsspeki f
• loynispeki f
• skúlaspeki f
• stjørnuspeki f

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse speki, from spakr (“wise”) (whence modern Icelandic spakur).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɛːcɪ/

  Rhymes: -ɛːcɪ

Noun

speki f (genitive singular speki, no plural)

1. wisdom

Declension

declension of speki

f-w2	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	speki	spekin
accusative	speki	spekina
dative	speki	spekinni
genitive	speki	spekinnar

Old Norse

Etymology

spakr (“wise”) +‎ -i (“abstract noun suffix”).

Noun

speki f

1. wisdom, expertise

Declension

  Declension of speki (weak īn-stem, singular only)

feminine	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	speki	spekin
accusative	speki	spekina
dative	speki	spekinni
genitive	speki	spekinnar

Descendants

• Icelandic: speki
• Faroese: speki

References

• “speki”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press