sekkur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse sekkr, from Proto-Germanic *sakkuz (“sack”), from Latin saccus (“large bag”), from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “bag of coarse cloth”), from Semitic. Cognate with Dutch zak, German Sack, Swedish säck, Hebrew שַׂק (śaq, “sack, sackcloth”), Akkadian 𒆭𒊓 (saqqu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛʰkːʊɹ/

Noun

sekkur m (genitive singular sekkjar, plural sekkir)

1. sack, big bag (for potatoes, flour, mail, etc.)

Declension

m31	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sekkur	sekkurin	sekkir	sekkirnir
Accusative	sekk	sekkin	sekkir	sekkirnar
Dative	sekki	sekkinum	sekkjum	sekkjunum
Genitive	sekkjar	sekkjarins	sekkja	sekkjanna

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sekkr, from Proto-Germanic *sakkuz (“sack”), from Latin saccus (“large bag”), from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “bag of coarse cloth”), from Semitic. Cognate with Dutch zak, German Sack, Swedish säck, Hebrew שַׂק (śaq, “sack, sackcloth”), Akkadian 𒆭𒊓 (saqqu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛhkʏr/

  Rhymes: -ɛhkʏr

Noun

sekkur m (genitive singular sekkjar, nominative plural sekkir)

1. a sack, a bag

Derived terms

• sekka
• sekkja
• hársekkur
• sekkjapípa
• kaupa köttinn í sekknum
• stinga sinni pípu í sekk