bók

See also: bok, bök, and bøk

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse bók, from Proto-Germanic *bōks, from *bōkijǭ, from an earlier *bōkō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [pɔuːk]

Noun

bók f (genitive singular bókar, plural bøkur)

  1. book

Declension
Declension of bók
f12 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bók bókin bøkur bøkurnar
accusative bók bókina bøkur bøkurnar
dative bók bókini bókum bókunum
genitive bókar bókarinnar bóka bókanna

Derived terms
  • barnabók
  • bókafelag
  • bókaforlag
  • bókahandil
  • bókahill
  • bókakeyp
  • bókarøð
  • bókasavn
  • bókasøla
  • bókaummæli
  • bókavørður
  • bókaútgáva
  • gestabók
  • lummabók
  • myndabók
  • orðabók
  • yrkingabók

See also

Hungarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈboːk]

Noun

bók (plural bókok)

  1. compliment

Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative bók bókok
accusative bókot bókokat
dative bóknak bókoknak
instrumental bókkal bókokkal
causal-final bókért bókokért
translative bókká bókokká
terminative bókig bókokig
essive-formal bókként bókokként
essive-modal — —
inessive bókban bókokban
superessive bókon bókokon
adessive bóknál bókoknál
illative bókba bókokba
sublative bókra bókokra
allative bókhoz bókokhoz
elative bókból bókokból
delative bókról bókokról
ablative bóktól bókoktól
Possessive forms of bók
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bókom bókjaim
2nd person sing. bókod bókjaid
3rd person sing. bókja bókjai
1st person plural bókunk bókjaink
2nd person plural bókotok bókjaitok
3rd person plural bókjuk bókjaik

Derived terms

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bók, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pouːk/
    Rhymes: -ouːk

Noun

bók f (genitive singular bókar, nominative plural bækur)

  1. a book

Declension
declension of bók
f-s3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bók bókin bækur bækurnar
accusative bók bókina bækur bækurnar
dative bók bókinni bókum bókunum
genitive bókar bókarinnar bóka bókanna

Derived terms

See also

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bōks, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos (“beech”).

Noun

bók f (genitive bókar or bœkr, plural bœkr)

  1. beech (tree and wood)
  2. (poetic) textile fabric with figures woven in it
  3. book
    • lesa á bók
      to read a book
    • setja á bœkr
      to set down in writing, to put on record
    • heilǫg bók
      the divine book, the Bible
  4. the Gospel
  5. Latin
    • kenna einhverjum á bók
      to teach one Latin
    • nema á bók
      to learn Latin
    • setja einhverjum til bókar
      to put one to school
  6. lawbook, code of law
    Synonym: lǫgbók

Declension
  Declension of bók (strong consonant stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bók bókin bœkr bœkrnar
accusative bók bókina bœkr bœkrnar
dative bók bókinni bókum bókunum
genitive bókar, bœkr bókarinnar, bœkrinnar bóka bókanna

Derived terms
  • beech wood, forest m
  • bóka (“to affirm by oath on the book (Gospel)”)
  • bókafullting n (“help derived from books”)
  • bókagørð f (“writing (transscription)”)
  • bókakis f (“book-box”)
  • bókalesning f (“reading of (Latin) books”)
  • bókalestr m (“reading of (Latin) books”)
  • bókalán n (“lending of books”)
  • bókarblað n (“leaf of a book”)
  • bókareiðr m (“an oath on the book (Gospel)”)
  • bókareiðstafr m (“wording of an oath on the book (Gospel)”)
  • bókargørð f (“book-writing”)
  • bókarlag n (“lawful price fixed in the code”)
  • bókarskeyting f (“conveyance of an estate by help of the law-book”)
  • bókartak n (“the touching of the Gospel (in taking an oath)”)
  • bókarverð n (“the price of a book”)
  • bókarvitni n (“evidence confirmed by an oath on the book (Gospel)”)
  • bókaskilningr m (“book-learning”)
  • bókastóll m (“a reading desk, lectern”)
  • bókfell n (“parchment, vellum”)
  • bókfróðr m (“book-learned”)
  • bókfrœði f (“book-knowledge, book-lore, learning”)
  • bóklauss (“bookless, unscholarly”)
  • bóklaust (“by heart”)
  • bóklestr m (“reading of (Latin) books”)
  • bókligr (“literary”)
  • bóklist f (“book-lore”)
  • bóklærðr (“book-learned”)
  • bókmál n (“book language; canon law”)
  • bókmánaðr m (“calendar month”)
  • bóknám n (“book-training, study”)
  • bóknæmi n (“book-training, study”)
  • bókrúnar f pl (“runes engraved on beech-wood”)
  • bóksaga f (“written narrative”)
  • bóksetja (“to commit to writing”)
  • bókskygn (“seeing well enough to read”)
  • bókspeki f (“book-knowledge, book-wisdom”)
  • bókstafr m (“character, letter”)
  • bóksǫgn f (“written narrative”)
  • bóktal n (“the Julian Calendar”)
  • bókvit n (“learning, erudition”)
  • bókvíss (“book-learned”)
  • bœklingr m (“little book, booklet”)
  • galdrabók f (“book of magic”)
  • lagabók f (“law-book”)
  • landnámabók f (“the history of the settlement (of Iceland)”)
  • stjǫrnubók f (“book of astrology”)
  • stjǫrnubókarmaðr m (“astrologer”)
  • sǫngbók f (“songbook”)

Descendants
  • Icelandic: bók
  • Faroese: bók
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bok f (“book”); bøk m (“beech”)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bok m or f (“book”); bøk m (“beech”)
  • Elfdalian: buok f
  • Old Swedish: bōk f
    • Swedish: bok c
  • Old Danish: bok
    • Danish: bog c (“book”); bøg c (“beech”)
  • Gutnish: bok

References
  • bók in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • bók in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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