flikki
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse flikki.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈflɪhcɪ/
- Rhymes: -ɪhcɪ
Noun
flikki n (genitive singular flikkis, nominative plural flikki)
- lump, chunk, hunk
Declension
declension of flikki
| n-s | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | flikki | flikkið | flikki | flikkin |
| accusative | flikki | flikkið | flikki | flikkin |
| dative | flikki | flikkinu | flikkjum | flikkjunum |
| genitive | flikkis | flikkisins | flikkja | flikkjanna |
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *flikkiją, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁ḱ- (“to tear, peel off”), whence ultimately also English flitch.
Noun
flikki n (genitive flikkis)
- flitch of bacon
Declension
Declension of flikki (strong ija-stem)
| neuter | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | flikki | flikkit | flikki | flikkin |
| accusative | flikki | flikkit | flikki | flikkin |
| dative | flikki | flikkinu | flikkum | flikkunum |
| genitive | flikkis | flikkisins | flikka | flikkanna |
References
- flikki in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Shipley, Joseph Twadell (2009): The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots
- Scherer, Philip (1941): Germanic-Balto-Slavic Etyma, Issues 26-34, p. 29