bakki

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse bakki, from Proto-Germanic *bankô.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpaʰtʃːɪ]

Noun

bakki m (genitive singular bakka, plural bakkar)

  1. cliff
  2. bank

Declension

Declension of bakki
m1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bakki bakkin bakkar bakkarnir
accusative bakka bakkan bakkar bakkarnar
dative bakka bakkanum bakkum bakkunum
genitive bakka bakkans bakka bakkanna
Declension of bakki
m3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bakki bakkin bakkar bakkarnir
accusative bakka bakkan bakkar bakkarnar
dative bakka bakkanum bøkkum bøkkunum
genitive bakka bakkans bakka bakkanna

Greenlandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish bakke (hill), from Old Danish bakkæ, from Old Norse bakki, from Proto-Germanic *bankô.

Noun

bakki (plural bakkit)

  1. hill

Declension

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bakki, from Proto-Germanic *bankô.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpahcɪ/
    Rhymes: -ahcɪ

Noun

bakki m (genitive singular bakka, nominative plural bakkar)

  1. bank (edge of river or lake)
  2. tray (e.g. a dinner tray or ashtray)
  3. the blunt side of a blade (on a knife, sword, etc.)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bankô.

Noun

bakki m

  1. bank (of a river, lake, chasm, etc.)
  2. ridge, bank
  3. a mound on which the target is set up
  4. bank of clouds above the horizon
  5. back of a knife or other cutting instrument, opp. to egg.

Declension

Derived terms

  • bakkakólfr

Descendants

Swedish and Danish forms with -kk- from western dialectal influence.

  • Icelandic: bakki
  • Faroese: bakki
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bakke; (dialectal) bakki, bakka, bakk
  • Old Swedish: bakke (banke in the toponym Bankekind)
  • Old Danish: bakkæ

References

  • bakki”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Entry "bakki" on page 41 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).
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