dúkur

Faroese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse dúkr, borrowed from Middle Low German dôk, dûk, from Old Saxon dōk, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk (“cloth, rag”), from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz (“cloth, rag”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwōg- (“cloth”)

Cognate with Danish dug, Swedish duk, Norwegian Nynorsk duk, Norwegian Bokmål duk, and German Tuch.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtʉuːkʊɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ʉuːkʊɹ

Noun

dúkur m (genitive singular dúks, plural dúkar)

  1. tablecloth

Declension
Declension of dúkur
m6 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dúkur dúkurin dúkar dúkarnir
accusative dúk dúkin dúkar dúkarnar
dative dúki dúkinum dúkum dúkunum
genitive dúks dúksins dúka dúkanna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse dúkr, borrowed from Middle Low German dôk, dûk, from Old Saxon dōk, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk (“cloth, rag”), from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz (“cloth, rag”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwōg- (“cloth”)

Cognate with Danish dug, Swedish duk, Norwegian Nynorsk duk, Norwegian Bokmål duk, and German Tuch.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtuːkʏr/
  • Rhymes: -uːkʏr

Noun

dúkur m (genitive singular dúks, nominative plural dúkar)

  1. cloth, sheet (usually fabric, but also refers to things like e.g. linoleum flooring)

Declension
declension of dúkur
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dúkur dúkurinn dúkar dúkarnir
accusative dúk dúkinn dúka dúkana
dative dúki / dúk dúknum dúkum dúkunum
genitive dúks dúksins dúka dúkanna
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