krukka

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰrʏhka/
    Rhymes: -ʏhka

Etymology 1

From Old Norse krukka, from Proto-Germanic *krogu (pot, pitcher), of uncertain origin. Possibly from a Proto-Indo-European root shared with Old Armenian կարաս (karas, pitcher, large jar), Ancient Greek κρωσσός (krōssós, pitcher), but the phonetics are problematic. Also compare Old Irish croiccenn (skin).[1][2]

Noun

krukka f (genitive singular krukku, nominative plural krukkur)

  1. jar, crock
Declension
Declension of krukka (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative krukka krukkan krukkur krukkurnar
accusative krukku krukkuna krukkur krukkurnar
dative krukku krukkunni krukkum krukkunum
genitive krukku krukkunnar krukkna krukknanna

Etymology 2

Verb

krukka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative krukkaði, supine krukkað)

  1. to cut, scrape, or poke at slightly (e.g. a wound)
  2. to tinker, tamper
Conjugation
krukka – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur krukka
supine sagnbót krukkað
present participle
krukkandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég krukka krukkaði krukki krukkaði
þú krukkar krukkaðir krukkir krukkaðir
hann, hún, það krukkar krukkaði krukki krukkaði
plural við krukkum krukkuðum krukkum krukkuðum
þið krukkið krukkuðuð krukkið krukkuðuð
þeir, þær, þau krukka krukkuðu krukki krukkuðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú krukka (þú), krukkaðu
plural þið krukkið (þið), krukkiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
krukkast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að krukkast
supine sagnbót krukkast
present participle
krukkandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég krukkast krukkaðist krukkist krukkaðist
þú krukkast krukkaðist krukkist krukkaðist
hann, hún, það krukkast krukkaðist krukkist krukkaðist
plural við krukkumst krukkuðumst krukkumst krukkuðumst
þið krukkist krukkuðust krukkist krukkuðust
þeir, þær, þau krukkast krukkuðust krukkist krukkuðust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú krukkast (þú), krukkastu
plural þið krukkist (þið), krukkisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
krukkaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
krukkaður krukkuð krukkað krukkaðir krukkaðar krukkuð
accusative
(þolfall)
krukkaðan krukkaða krukkað krukkaða krukkaðar krukkuð
dative
(þágufall)
krukkuðum krukkaðri krukkuðu krukkuðum krukkuðum krukkuðum
genitive
(eignarfall)
krukkaðs krukkaðrar krukkaðs krukkaðra krukkaðra krukkaðra
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
krukkaði krukkaða krukkaða krukkuðu krukkuðu krukkuðu
accusative
(þolfall)
krukkaða krukkuðu krukkaða krukkuðu krukkuðu krukkuðu
dative
(þágufall)
krukkaða krukkuðu krukkaða krukkuðu krukkuðu krukkuðu
genitive
(eignarfall)
krukkaða krukkuðu krukkaða krukkuðu krukkuðu krukkuðu

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “crock”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “krukka”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page crog

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

krukka m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of krukke

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

krukka f

  1. definite singular of krukke