bakki
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse bakki, from Proto-Germanic *bankô.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpaʰtʃːɪ]
Noun
bakki m (genitive singular bakka, plural bakkar)
- cliff
- bank
Declension
| Declension of bakki | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m1 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | bakki | bakkin | bakkar | bakkarnir |
| accusative | bakka | bakkan | bakkar | bakkarnar |
| dative | bakka | bakkanum | bakkum | bakkunum |
| genitive | bakka | bakkans | bakka | bakkanna |
| Declension of bakki | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m3 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | bakki | bakkin | bakkar | bakkarnir |
| accusative | bakka | bakkan | bakkar | bakkarnar |
| dative | bakka | bakkanum | bøkkum | bøkkunum |
| genitive | bakka | bakkans | bakka | bakkanna |
Greenlandic
Etymology
Borrowed from Danish bakke (“hill”), from Old Danish bakkæ, from Old Norse bakki, from Proto-Germanic *bankô.
Noun
bakki (plural bakkit)
- hill
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse bakki, from Proto-Germanic *bankô.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpahcɪ/
- Rhymes: -ahcɪ
Noun
bakki m (genitive singular bakka, nominative plural bakkar)
- bank (edge of river or lake)
- tray (e.g. a dinner tray or ashtray)
- the blunt side of a blade (on a knife, sword, etc.)
Declension
declension of bakki
| m-w1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | bakki | bakkinn | bakkar | bakkarnir |
| accusative | bakka | bakkann | bakka | bakkana |
| dative | bakka | bakkanum | bökkum | bökkunum |
| genitive | bakka | bakkans | bakka | bakkanna |
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *bankô.
Noun
bakki m
- bank (of a river, lake, chasm, etc.)
- ridge, bank
- a mound on which the target is set up
- bank of clouds above the horizon
- back of a knife or other cutting instrument, opp. to egg.
Declension
Declension of bakki (weak an-stem)
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | bakki | bakkinn | bakkar | bakkarnir |
| accusative | bakka | bakkann | bakka | bakkana |
| dative | bakka | bakkanum | bǫkkum | bǫkkunum |
| genitive | bakka | bakkans | bakka | bakkanna |
Derived terms
- bakkakólfr
Descendants
- Danish: bakke
- Faroese: bakki
- Icelandic: bakki
- Norwegian (Nynorsk): bakke
- Norwegian (Bokmål): bakke
- Swedish: backe
References
- bakki in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Entry "bakki" on page 41 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).