hekk

Hungarian

hekk

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɛkː]
• Rhymes: -ɛkː
• Hyphenation: hekk
• Syllabification: hekk

Noun

hekk (plural hekkek)

1. hake (any fish of the genus Merluccius)
2. European hake (Merluccius merluccius)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	hekk	hekkek
accusative	hekket	hekkeket
dative	hekknek	hekkeknek
instrumental	hekkel	hekkekkel
causal-final	hekkért	hekkekért
translative	hekké	hekkekké
terminative	hekkig	hekkekig
essive-formal	hekként	hekkekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	hekkben	hekkekben
superessive	hekken	hekkeken
adessive	hekknél	hekkeknél
illative	hekkbe	hekkekbe
sublative	hekkre	hekkekre
allative	hekkhez	hekkekhez
elative	hekkből	hekkekből
delative	hekkről	hekkekről
ablative	hekktől	hekkektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	hekké	hekkeké
non-attributive possessive – plural	hekkéi	hekkekéi

Possessive forms of hekk

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	hekkem	hekkjeim
2nd person sing.	hekked	hekkjeid
3rd person sing.	hekkje	hekkjei
1st person plural	hekkünk	hekkjeink
2nd person plural	hekketek	hekkjeitek
3rd person plural	hekkjük	hekkjeik

Further reading

• hekk in Hungarian–English dictionary at SZTAKI

Icelandic

Etymology

Compare Danish hæk, Dutch haag, German Hecke, Old English hecg (“fence”), Swedish häck.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɛhk]

Noun

hekk n (genitive singular hekks, nominative plural hekk)

1. hedge

   Synonym: limgerði

Declension

Declension of hekk (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hekk	hekkið	hekk	hekkin
accusative	hekk	hekkið	hekk	hekkin
dative	hekki	hekkinu	hekkum	hekkunum
genitive	hekks	hekksins	hekka	hekkanna

Maltese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic هَا (hā)

Arabic كَ (ka)

Proto-Semitic *ḏV-

Arabic ذَا (ḏā)

univ.

Arabic كَذَا (kaḏā)

Arabic هٰكَذَا (hākaḏā)

Maltese hekkda

Maltese hekk

Shortening of hekkda, from Arabic هٰكَذَا (hākaḏā). Immediately equivalent to Tunisian Arabic هكا (hakka). Compare also North Levantine Arabic هيك (hayk), Iraqi Arabic هيچي (hēči).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛːk/, /ɛk/
• Rhymes: -ɛk, -ɛːk

Adverb

hekk

1. so

Derived terms

• daqshekk
• għalhekk
• hemmhekk

Related terms

• hekkda

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Hecke, sense 4 from Low German hek.

Noun

hekk m (definite singular hekken, indefinite plural hekker, definite plural hekkene)

1. a hedge
2. (athletics) a hurdle (in a hurdle race)
3. (athletics) hurdles (a hurdle race)

   110 meter hekk - 110 metre hurdles

4. (nautical) stern

Derived terms

• hekkeløp
• hekkeløper

References

• “hekk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From German Hecke, sense 4 from Low German hek.

Noun

hekk m (definite singular hekken, indefinite plural hekkar, definite plural hekkane)

1. a hedge
2. (sports) a hurdle (in a hurdle race)
3. (sports) hurdles (a hurdle race)

   400 meter hekk - 400 metre hurdles

4. (nautical) stern

References

• “hekk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology 2

Verb

hekk

1. imperative of hekka

Etymology 3

Verb

hekk

1. past of henga

Old Norse

Verb

hekk

1. first/third-person singular past active indicative of hanga