bakstur

bakstur

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaxstʏr/
• Rhymes: -axstʏr

Noun

bakstur m (genitive singular baksturs, nominative plural bakstrar)

1. baking

   Ekki var mjög mikið um bakstur á Íslandi fyrr á öldum.

   Baking was not common in Iceland in earlier centuries.

2. pastry
3. epithem, compress, poultice (soft, moist mass applied topically to sore)

   Hann lagði heitan bakstur við sárið.

   He applied a hot poultice to the wound.

Declension

declension of bakstur

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bakstur	baksturinn	bakstrar	bakstrarnir
accusative	bakstur	baksturinn	bakstra	bakstrana
dative	bakstri	bakstrinum	bökstrum	bökstrunum
genitive	baksturs	bakstursins	bakstra	bakstranna

Synonyms

• það að baka
• kökur

Derived terms

• blautbakstur (a wet pack)
• heitur bakstur (cataplasm, fomentation; epithema tepidum)
• hveiti til baksturs (literally "flour for baking", pastry flour)
• kaldur bakstur (epithema frigidum)
• lyfjabakstur (epithema medicatum)
• þurrabakstur

Related terms

• baka
• bakari
• bakarí

See also

• sérbakaður