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 (masculine)
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

Derived terms

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

See also

  • sérbakaður
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