vök

See also: vok

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vǫk, from Proto-Germanic *wakwō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vœːk/

  Rhymes: -œːk

Noun

vök f (genitive singular vakar, nominative plural vakir)

1. (hydrology) a hole in the ice, a polynya
2. (nephology) a break or an opening in clouds

Declension

declension of vök

f-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vök	vökin	vakir	vakirnar
accusative	vök	vökina	vakir	vakirnar
dative	vök	vökinni	vökum	vökunum
genitive	vakar	vakarinnar	vaka	vakanna

Derived terms

• afætuvök
• álfavök
• brunnvök
• brynningarvök
• dorgarvök
• eiga í vök að verjast (to be in a tight spot)
• heiðríkjuvök
• ísvök
• selavök
• smávök
• skýjavök
• vakarbarmur
• vakarskör
• veiðivök