smekkur
Icelandic
A baby wearing a bib.
Etymology
From Old Norse -smekkr (in e.g. afsmekkr, “taste”), likely borrowed from Old English smæcc, from Proto-Germanic *smakkuz, from Proto-Indo-European *smeg-. Cognate with English smack, smatch, and smake. In the sense “bib” a borrowing (ca. 1900) from Danish smække.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsmɛhkʏr/
- Rhymes: -ɛhkʏr
Noun
smekkur m (genitive singular smekks, nominative plural smekkir)
- personal taste
- sense of taste
- Synonym: bragðskyn
- bib (item of clothing for babies tied around their neck to protect their clothes from getting dirty when eating)
- Synonym: hlífðardúkur
Declension
declension of smekkur
| m-s2 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | smekkur | smekkurinn | smekkir | smekkirnir |
| accusative | smekk | smekkinn | smekki | smekkina |
| dative | smekk | smekknum | smekkjum | smekkjunum |
| genitive | smekks | smekksins | smekkja | smekkjanna |
Derived terms
- hafa smekk fyrir (to have a liking for, to have a taste for)
- smekklegur (“tasteful, in good taste”)