stakkur

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Faroese[edit]

stakkur - sea stack

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse stakkr.

Noun[edit]

stakkur m (genitive singular staks, plural stakkar)

  1. sea stack

Declension[edit]

m10 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative stakkur stakkurin stakkar stakkarnir
Accusative stakk stakkin stakkar stakkarnar
Dative stakki stakkinum støkkum/
stakkum
støkkunum/
stakkunum
Genitive staks staksins stakka stakkanna

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse stakkr (a short garment; doublet), from Proto-Germanic *stakkaz (a short jacket), from *stakkaz (short).

Noun[edit]

stakkur m (genitive singular stakks, nominative plural stakkar)

  1. a coat
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse stakkr (barn; rick; haystack; heap; pile), from Proto-Germanic *stakkaz (barn; rick; haystack). More at stack.

Noun[edit]

stakkur m (genitive singular stakks, nominative plural stakkar)

  1. a stack
Synonyms[edit]

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