flekkur

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflɛhkʏr/
  • Rhymes: -ɛhkʏr

Etymology 1

From Old Norse flekkr, from Proto-Germanic *flekka-. Cognate with Swedish fläck, Norwegian flekk, German Fleck, English fleck, Dutch vlek.

Noun

flekkur m (genitive singular flekks or flekkjar, nominative plural flekkir)

  1. spot, speck, fleck
    Synonyms: blettur, díll, depill
Declension
Declension of flekkur (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative flekkur flekkurinn flekkir flekkirnir
accusative flekk flekkinn flekki flekkina
dative flekk flekknum flekkjum flekkjunum
genitive flekks, flekkjar flekksins, flekkjarins flekkja flekkjanna
Derived terms
  • flekklaus (“spotless, immaculate”)
  • flekkleysi (“spotlessness”)
  • flekka (“to spot, to stain”)
  • flekkaður (“stained, tainted”)
  • flekkóttur (“spotted, speckled”)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

flekkur m (genitive singular flekks or flekkjar, no plural)

  1. hay that has been spread out to dry
Declension
Declension of flekkur (sg-only masculine)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative flekkur flekkurinn
accusative flekk flekkinn
dative flekk flekknum
genitive flekks, flekkjar flekksins, flekkjarins
  • flekkja (“to spread out hay to dry”)
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