akr
See also: AKR and Akr
Gothic
Romanization
akr
- Romanization of 𐌰𐌺𐍂
Old Norse
Alternative forms
- ákr
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *akraz, whence also Old English æcer, Old High German ackar, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros.
Noun
akr m (genitive akrs, plural akrar)
- acre
- corn field (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Declension
Declension of akr (strong a-stem)
masculine | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | akr | akrinn | akrar | akrarnir |
accusative | akr | akrinn | akra | akrana |
dative | akri | akrinum | ǫkrum | ǫkrunum |
genitive | akrs | akrsins | akra | akranna |
Descendants
- Icelandic: akur
- Faroese: akur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: åker; (dialectal) åkur, åkr
- → Norwegian Bokmål: åker
- Old Swedish: aker
- Swedish: åker
- Old Danish: akær
- Danish: ager
- Norwegian Bokmål: aker
- Danish: ager
- → Norman: acre
References
- “akr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English acre.[1] First attested in the 19th century.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /akr/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -akr
- Syllabification: akr
Noun
akr m inan (abbreviation ac)
- acre (English unit of land area)
- akr ziemi ― an acre of land
- akr lasu ― an acre of forest
- tysiąc akrów ― thousands of acres
- milion akrów ― a million acres
Declension
Declension of akr
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | akr | akry |
genitive | akra | akrów |
dative | akrowi | akrom |
accusative | akr | akry |
instrumental | akrem | akrami |
locative | akrze | akrach |
vocative | akrze | akry |
References
- Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “akr”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- Pęzik, Piotr; Przepiórkowski, A.; Bańko, M.; Górski, R.; Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B (2012) Wyszukiwarka PELCRA dla danych NKJP. Narodowy Korpus Języka Polskiego [National Polish Language Corpus, PELCRA search engine], Wydawnictwo PWN
Further reading
- akr in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- akr in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “akr”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 18