sprok

sprok

Icelandic

Etymology

Cognate with Swedish språk.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːk

Noun

sprok n (genitive singular sproks, nominative plural sprok)

1. (archaic) a language, a tongue ^syn.

   Útlent sprok.

   A foreign tongue.

2. (obsolete) locution, parlance ^syn.

   Út með sprokið!

   Out with it!

Declension

declension of sprok

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sprok	sprokið	sprok	sprokin
accusative	sprok	sprokið	sprok	sprokin
dative	sproki	sprokinu	sprokum	sprokunum
genitive	sproks	sproksins	sproka	sprokanna

Synonyms

• (language): ^def. tungumál, mál, tunga
• (locution): ^def. talsháttur, talsmáti, orðatiltæki

Derived terms

• út með sprokið! (synonymous segðu frá!, leystu frá skjóðunni!; do tell! out with it!)