sprok
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Danish sprog, from Middle Low German sprâke, from Old Saxon sprāka. Cognate with Swedish språk.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɔːk
Noun
[edit]sprok n (genitive singular sproks, nominative plural sprok)
- (archaic) a language, a tongue
- (obsolete) locution, parlance
- Synonyms: talsháttur, talsmáti, orðatiltæki
- Út með sprokið!
- Out with it!
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | sprok | sprokið | sprok | sprokin |
| accusative | sprok | sprokið | sprok | sprokin |
| dative | sproki | sprokinu | sprokum | sprokunum |
| genitive | sproks | sproksins | sproka | sprokanna |
Derived terms
[edit]- út með sprokið! (synonymous segðu frá!, leystu frá skjóðunni!; do tell! out with it!)
Categories:
- Icelandic terms borrowed from Danish
- Icelandic terms derived from Danish
- Icelandic terms derived from Middle Low German
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Saxon
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɔːk
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɔːk/1 syllable
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
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- Icelandic terms with archaic senses
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