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From Old Norse veikr, from Proto-Germanic *waikwaz.

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veikur (comparative veikari, superlative veikastur)

  1. weak
  2. (grammar) weak

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Singular (eintal) m (kallkyn) f (kvennkyn) n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall) veikur veik veikt
Accusative (hvønnfall) veikan veika
Dative (hvørjumfall) veikum veikari veikum
Genitive (hvørsfall) (veiks) (veikar) (veiks)
Plural (fleirtal) m (kallkyn) f (kvennkyn) n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall) veikir veikar veik
Accusative (hvønnfall) veikar
Dative (hvørjumfall) veikum
Genitive (hvørsfall) (veika)

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Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse veikr, from Proto-Germanic *waikwaz.

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veikur (comparative veikari, superlative veikastur)

  1. weak, pliant
  2. sick, ill
    Hún er veik.
    She's sick.
    Hann er veikur.
    He's sick.
    Barnið er veikt.
    The child is sick.
  3. (of a sound) faint, low
  4. (music) soft, piano
  5. (grammar) weak

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