skagi

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skagi, from Proto-Germanic *skagô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskaːjɪ/

  Rhymes: -aːjɪ

Noun

skagi m (genitive singular skaga, nominative plural skagar)

1. peninsula, headland, cape

   Synonym: nes

Declension

declension of skagi

m-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skagi	skaginn	skagar	skagarnir
accusative	skaga	skagann	skaga	skagana
dative	skaga	skaganum	skögum	skögunum
genitive	skaga	skagans	skaga	skaganna

Related terms

• skaga

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

skagi m (genitive skaga)

1. low cape, ness

Declension

  Declension of skagi (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skagi	skaginn	skagar	skagarnir
accusative	skaga	skagann	skaga	skagana
dative	skaga	skaganum	skǫgum	skǫgunum
genitive	skaga	skagans	skaga	skaganna

Descendants

• Icelandic: skagi
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skage
• Norwegian Bokmål: skage

Verb

skagi

1. inflection of skaga:
   1. first-person singular present indicative active
   2. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive active

References

• “skagi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 2672, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2672