stykki

See also: Stykki

Faroese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse stykki, from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją.

Noun

stykki n

1. piece, bit, part, portion, section
2. one of the cuts of meat (20 in all) into which the carcass of a slaughtered lamb is divided (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
3. one of the three pieces a fish is divided
4. piece of land
5. site (for building), plot; (vacant) lot
6. piece, parcel
7. consignment; shipment
8. subsection

Declension

n25	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	stikki	stikkið	stikki(r)	stikkini
Accusative	stikki	stikkið	stikki(r)	stikkini
Dative	stikki	stikkinum	stikkjum	stikkjunum
Genitive	stikkis	stikkisins	stikkja	stikkjanna

Derived terms

• Stykkið

 

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse stykki, from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstɪhcɪ]

  Rhymes: -ɪhcɪ

Noun

stykki n (genitive singular stykkis, nominative plural stykki)

1. a piece, a chunk

Synonyms

• (chunk): klumpur, bútur

Derived terms

Derived terms

• breytistykki (conversion adaptor, adaptor)
• endastykki (cropped end)
• fiskstykki (fish steak)
• greinistykki (inlet breeching)
• kjötstykki (meat cut)
• lífstykki (corset, corselet)
• millistykki (adapter, intermediate piece, spacer)
• munnstykki (mouthpiece assembly)
• rúnstykki (roll)
• skiptistykki (crossing piece)
• skrúfstykki (iron roughneck)
• tengistykki (adapter)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stukkiją.

Noun

stykki n (genitive stykkis)

1. piece, chop

Declension

  Declension of stykki (strong ija-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stykki	stykkit	stykki	stykkin
accusative	stykki	stykkit	stykki	stykkin
dative	stykki	stykkinu	stykkjum	stykkjunum
genitive	stykkis	stykkisins	stykkja	stykkjanna

Descendants

• Faroese: stykki
• Icelandic: stykki
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stykke
• Norwegian Bokmål: stykke
• Old Swedish: stykke, stikke, stykkie, stökke
  • Swedish: stycke
• Danish: stykke

References

• “stykki”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press