pakki

Faroese

Etymology

From late Old Norse pakki, from Middle Low German packe.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈpʰaʰtʃːɪ]

Noun

pakki m (genitive singular pakka, plural pakkar)

1. package
2. parcel

Declension

m1	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	pakki	pakkin	pakkar	pakkarnir
Accusative	pakka	pakkan	pakkar	pakkarnar
Dative	pakka	pakkanum	pakkum	pakkunum
Genitive	pakka	pakkans	pakka	pakkanna

m3	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	pakki	pakkin	pakkar	pakkarnir
Accusative	pakka	pakkan	pakkar	pakkarnar
Dative	pakka	pakkanum	pøkkum	pøkkunum
Genitive	pakka	pakkans	pakka	pakkanna

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pak‧ki
• Rhymes: -ɑkːi
• IPA: [ˈpɑkːi]

Noun

pakki

1. A short form of työkalupakki, which is a box designed to serve as a portable tool storage, a tool box.
2. (colloquial) Reverse, in the sense of reverse gear.

   laittaa pakki päälle = to put the reverse on

3. (nautical) If a sailing vessel or any of its sails is in such position relative to the wind that the wind blows from the wrong side of a sail, the sail is said to be pakilla (adessive case of the noun pakki).
4. (military) A metal container belonging to a soldier's field equipment. The container serves as a cooking vessel and the top doubles as a cup.
5. (colloquial) A defending player in various ballgames; a defenceman; a defender.
6. (colloquial) The event of getting rejected, especially by the opposite sex when approaching her/him. Normally used in plural, pakit.

   Hain kolmasti Liisaa tanssimaan, mutta sain / hän antoi pakit joka kerta.

   I asked Liisa three times to dance, but I was rejected / she rejected me every time.

7. (colloquial, rare) The head of a person.

Declension

Declension of pakki (type risti) singular plural nominative pakki pakit genitive pakin pakkien partitive pakkia pakkeja accusative pakki pakin pakit inessive pakissa pakeissa elative pakista pakeista illative pakkiin pakkeihin adessive pakilla pakeilla ablative pakilta pakeilta allative pakille pakeille essive pakkina pakkeina translative pakiksi pakeiksi instructive – pakein abessive pakitta pakeitta comitative – pakkeineen

Related terms

• pakittaa

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈpʰahcɪ]

  Rhymes: -ahcɪ

Noun

pakki m

1. parcel, pack, package, parcel, packet

Declension

declension of pakki

m-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pakki	pakkinn	pakkar	pakkarnir
accusative	pakka	pakkann	pakka	pakkana
dative	pakka	pakkanum	pökkum	pökkunum
genitive	pakka	pakkans	pakka	pakkanna