eykt

Icelandic

Etymology

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk øykt, Faroese økt and Swedish ökt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eixt/

  Rhymes: -eixt

Noun

eykt f (genitive singular eyktar, nominative plural eyktir)

1. length of time equal to one-eighth of a solar day (i.e. roughly three hours)

Declension

declension of eykt

f-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eykt	eyktin	eyktir	eyktirnar
accusative	eykt	eyktina	eyktir	eyktirnar
dative	eykt	eyktinni	eyktum	eyktunum
genitive	eyktar	eyktarinnar	eykta	eyktanna

Hyponyms

• miðnætti, lágnætti
• ótta
• rismál, miður morgunn, miðmorgunn
• dagmál
• hádegi, miðdegi, miðdagur
• nón
• miðaftann
• náttmál, kveldmál, kvöldmál