stakkur

See also: Stakkur

Faroese

stakkur - sea stack

Etymology

From Old Norse stakkr.

Noun

stakkur m (genitive singular staks, plural stakkar)

1. sea stack

Declension

m10	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	stakkur	stakkurin	stakkar	stakkarnir
Accusative	stakk	stakkin	stakkar	stakkarnar
Dative	stakki	stakkinum	støkkum/ stakkum	støkkunum/ stakkunum
Genitive	staks	staksins	stakka	stakkanna

Icelandic

Etymology 1

From Old Norse stakkr (“a short garment; doublet”), from Proto-Germanic *stakkaz (“a short jacket”), from *stakkaz (“short”).

Noun

stakkur m (genitive singular stakks, nominative plural stakkar)

1. a coat

Derived terms

• vel í stakk búinn, vera vel í stakk búinn (well prepared to do something)
• illa í stakk búinn, vera illa í stakk búinn (badly prepared to do something)
• sníða sér stakk eftir vexti (to cut one's coat according to one's cloth, to not bite off more than one can chew, to live according to one's means, and not more)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse stakkr (“barn; rick; haystack; heap; pile”), from Proto-Germanic *stakkaz (“barn; rick; haystack”). More at stack.

Noun

stakkur m (genitive singular stakks, nominative plural stakkar)

1. a stack

Synonyms

• (stack): hlaði

See also

• stafli
• yfirhöfn