frøkna

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Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse freknur pl (compare Swedish fräkne, Danish fregne), s-less variant of Proto-Germanic *sprekalą 'freckle' (compare Norwegian dialect sprekla, Middle High German spreckel), from Proto-Indo-European *sp(h)er(e)g- 'to strew, sprinkle'. Cognate to sprøklutur.

Noun[edit]

frøkna f (genitive singular frøknu, plural frøknur)

  1. freckle

Declension[edit]

Declension of frøkna
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative frøkna frøknan frøknur frøknurnar
accusative frøknu frøknuna frøknur frøknurnar
dative frøknu frøknuni frøknum frøknunum
genitive frøknu frøknunnar frøkna frøknanna

Derived terms[edit]