þak

See also: yak, thak, and Yak

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, cognate with English thatch. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θaːk/

  Rhymes: -aːk

Noun

þak n (genitive singular þaks, nominative plural þök)

1. a roof

Declension

declension of þak

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þak	þakið	þök	þökin
accusative	þak	þakið	þök	þökin
dative	þaki	þakinu	þökum	þökunum
genitive	þaks	þaksins	þaka	þakanna

Derived terms

• asfaltþakþéttiefni (“mastic asphalt roofing”)
• rennandi þaklúga (“sliding roof panel”)
• renniþak (“sliding roof”)
• sóllúga (“sunroof”)
• sperrubiti (“roof truss”)
• tígulsteinn á þök (“roof tile”)
• undirlagsklæðning á þök (“roof underlay”)
• vatnsþétt þak (“roof waterproofing”)
• vatnsþéttandi þakdúkur (“roof waterproofing membrane”)
• vinna við lagningu þakskífna (“roof-slating work”)
• vinna við lagningu þaktígulsteins (“roof-tiling work”)
• vinna við þakburðarvirki (“roof-framing work”)
• vinna við þakklæðingu með sementi (“cement roof-coating work”)
• vinna við þök (“roofing activities”)
• þak úr sveigjanlegu efni (“non-rigid roof”)
• þakburðarvirki (“roof structure, roof frame”)
• þakefni úr málmplötum (“roofing products from metal sheet”)
• þakefni (“roofing material”)
• þakeinangrun (“roof insulation”)
• þakeining (“roof element”)
• þakflís (“roofing tile”)
• þakklæðing (“roof coating”)
• þakklæðning (“roof covering”)
• þakklæðning (“sheet for roof”)
• þakljós (“rooflight”)
• þaklúga (“roof panel”)
• þaklögn (“roofings”)
• þakplötur úr trefjasteypu (“fibre-cement slates for roofing”)
• þaksamstæða (“roof assembly”)
• þakstífa (“roof stick”)
• þakstoð (“roof pillar”)
• þakstoð (“roof support”)

 

Related terms

• þekja (“to cover; to roof, thatch”)

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-. Compare Old English þæc, Old Saxon thak, Old High German dah.

Noun

þak n (genitive þaks, plural þǫk)

1. thatch, roof

Declension

  Declension of þak (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þak	þakit	þǫk	þǫkin
accusative	þak	þakit	þǫk	þǫkin
dative	þaki	þakinu	þǫkum	þǫkunum
genitive	þaks	þaksins	þaka	þakanna

Related terms

• þekja (“to cover, thatch”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: þak
• Faroese: tak
• Norwegian: tak
• Old Swedish: þak
  • Swedish: tak
• Danish: tag