júkka

See also: jukka and Jukka

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Kari'na yuca (“cassava (Manihot esculenta)”). The word was applied to plants of the genus Yucca (now the main sense), because Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) and others confused them with the cassava.

Noun

júkka f (genitive singular júkku, nominative plural júkkur)

  1. yucca
    Synonym: pálmalilja

Declension

Declension of júkka (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative júkka júkkan júkkur júkkurnar
accusative júkku júkkuna júkkur júkkurnar
dative júkku júkkunni júkkum júkkunum
genitive júkku júkkunnar júkka júkkanna

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