þanki
See also: yanki
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse þanki.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθauɲ̊cɪ/
- Rhymes: -auɲ̊cɪ
Noun
þanki m (genitive singular þanka, nominative plural þankar)
- thought, idea syn.
Declension
declension of þanki
| m-w1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | þanki | þankinn | þankar | þankarnir |
| accusative | þanka | þankann | þanka | þankana |
| dative | þanka | þankanum | þönkum | þönkunum |
| genitive | þanka | þankans | þanka | þankanna |
Synonyms
- (thought): def. hugsun
Derived terms
Derived terms
- fljúga ekki í þanka (to not come to mind)
- fljúga í þanka (to come to mind)
- vera í þungum þönkum (to be in deep thought, to be lost in one's thoughts)
- þankagangur (a way of thinking, a mentality)
- þankastrik (an em dash, “—”)
Related terms
- þenkja
Old Norse
Etymology
Cognate to Proto-Germanic *þankijaną (“to think”) and Old Norse þekkja (“to think”).
Noun
þanki m
- a thought
Descendants
- Danish: tanke
- Icelandic: þanki
- Norwegian: tanke
- Swedish: tanke
- Westrobothnian: tank