sökkull

Icelandic

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin socculus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsœhkʏtl/
  • Rhymes: -œhkʏtl

Noun

sökkull m (genitive singular sökkuls, nominative plural sökklar)

  1. (architecture) a socle, a plinth beneath a statue or other artwork
  2. (architecture, of a building) a base, a foundation, a plinth course
    Synonym: undirstaða

Declension

Declension of sökkull (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sökkull sökkullinn sökklar sökklarnir
accusative sökkul sökkulinn sökkla sökklana
dative sökkli sökklinum sökklum sökklunum
genitive sökkuls sökkulsins sökkla sökklanna

Derived terms

  • botnsökkull (mudline suspension equipment)
  • dvergsökkull, smáskrúfssökkull (miniature cap)
  • fóksökkull (prefocus cap, prefocus base)
  • Golíatsökkull, stórskrúfssökkull (Goliath cap, mogul base)
  • lampasökkull (lampcap)
  • lássökkull, stungusökkull (bayonet fitting, bayonet cap, bayonet base)
  • ljósapera með einum sökkli (single-ended light bulb)
  • ljósapera með tveimur sökklum (double-ended light bulb)
  • pera með pinnasökkli (pin-based lamp)
  • sívalningssökkull (shell cap, shell base, Edison screw cap)
  • skrúfsökkull (screw cap, screw base)
  • stéttarsökkull (flanged cap)
  • sökkuleinangrari (line-post insulator)
  • sökkull með pinnum (pin fitting)
  • sökkull með skrúfgangi (screw fitting)
  • sökkulskaut
  • sökkulteikning (footprint)
  • tindsökkull, pinnasökkull (pin cap, pin base)