stykki

See also: Stykki

Faroese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse stykki, from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją.

Noun

stykki n

  1. piece, bit, part, portion, section
  2. one of the cuts of meat (20 in all) into which the carcass of a slaughtered lamb is divided (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
  3. one of the three pieces a fish is divided
  4. piece of land
  5. site (for building), plot; (vacant) lot
  6. piece, parcel
  7. consignment; shipment
  8. subsection

Declension
n25 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative stikki stikkið stikki(r) stikkini
Accusative stikki stikkið stikki(r) stikkini
Dative stikki stikkinum stikkjum stikkjunum
Genitive stikkis stikkisins stikkja stikkjanna

Derived terms
  • Stykkið

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse stykki, from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈstɪhcɪ]
    Rhymes: -ɪhcɪ

Noun

stykki n (genitive singular stykkis, nominative plural stykki)

  1. a piece, a chunk

Declension
declension of stykki
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stykki stykkið stykki stykkin
accusative stykki stykkið stykki stykkin
dative stykki stykkinu stykkjum stykkjunum
genitive stykkis stykkisins stykkja stykkjanna

Synonyms

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • breytistykki (conversion adaptor, adaptor)
  • endastykki (cropped end)
  • fiskstykki (fish steak)
  • greinistykki (inlet breeching)
  • kjötstykki (meat cut)
  • lífstykki (corset, corselet)
  • millistykki (adapter, intermediate piece, spacer)
  • munnstykki (mouthpiece assembly)
  • rúnstykki (roll)
  • skiptistykki (crossing piece)
  • skrúfstykki (iron roughneck)
  • tengistykki (adapter)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stukkiją.

Noun

stykki n (genitive stykkis)

  1. piece, chop

Declension
  Declension of stykki (strong ija-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stykki stykkit stykki stykkin
accusative stykki stykkit stykki stykkin
dative stykki stykkinu stykkjum stykkjunum
genitive stykkis stykkisins stykkja stykkjanna

Descendants
  • Faroese: stykki
  • Icelandic: stykki
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stykke
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stykke
  • Old Swedish: stykke, stikke, stykkie, stökke
  • Danish: stykke

References
  • “stykki”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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