sprok

Icelandic

Etymology

Cognate with Swedish språk.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔːk

Noun

sprok n (genitive singular sproks, nominative plural sprok)

  1. (archaic) a language, a tongue
    Synonyms: tungumál, mál, tunga
    Útlent sprok.
    A foreign tongue.
  2. (obsolete) locution, parlance
    Synonyms: talsháttur, talsmáti, orðatiltæki
    Út með sprokið!
    Out with it!

Declension

Declension of sprok (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sprok sprokið sprok sprokin
accusative sprok sprokið sprok sprokin
dative sproki sprokinu sprokum sprokunum
genitive sproks sproksins sproka sprokanna

Derived terms

  • út með sprokið! (synonymous segðu frá!, leystu frá skjóðunni!; do tell! out with it!)
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