sekkur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse sekkr, from Proto-Germanic *sakkuz (“sack”), from Latin saccus (“large bag”), from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “bag of coarse cloth”), from Semitic. Cognate with Dutch zak, German Sack, Swedish säck, Hebrew שַׂק‎ (śaq, “sack, sackcloth”), Akkadian 𒆭𒊓 (saqqu).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛʰkːʊɹ/

Noun

sekkur m (genitive singular sekkjar, plural sekkir)

  1. sack, big bag (for potatoes, flour, mail, etc.)

Declension
m31 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sekkur sekkurin sekkir sekkirnir
Accusative sekk sekkin sekkir sekkirnar
Dative sekki sekkinum sekkjum sekkjunum
Genitive sekkjar sekkjarins sekkja sekkjanna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sekkr, from Proto-Germanic *sakkuz (“sack”), from Latin saccus (“large bag”), from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “bag of coarse cloth”), from Semitic. Cognate with Dutch zak, German Sack, Swedish säck, Hebrew שַׂק‎ (śaq, “sack, sackcloth”), Akkadian 𒆭𒊓 (saqqu).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛhkʏr/
    Rhymes: -ɛhkʏr

Noun

sekkur m (genitive singular sekkjar, nominative plural sekkir)

  1. a sack, a bag
Declension
declension of sekkur
m-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sekkur sekkurinn sekkir sekkirnir
accusative sekk sekkinn sekki sekkina
dative sekk sekknum sekkjum sekkjunum
genitive sekkjar sekkjarins sekkja sekkjanna

Derived terms
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