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Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse víkja (“to move, curve, bend”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]vik n (genitive singular viks, plural vik)
Declension
[edit]Declension of vik | ||||
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n3 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | vik | vikið | vik | vikini |
accusative | vik | vikið | vik | vikini |
dative | viki | vikinum | vikum | vikunum |
genitive | viks | viksins | vika | vikanna |
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Norse vík, from Proto-Germanic *wīkō.
Noun
[edit]vik f or m (definite singular vika or viken, indefinite plural viker, definite plural vikene)
- an inlet (arm of the sea)
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]vik
- imperative of vike
References
[edit]- “vik” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]
Noun
[edit]vik f (definite singular vika, indefinite plural vikar or viker, definite plural vikane or vikene)
- an inlet (arm of the sea)
Etymology 2
[edit]From vike.
Noun
[edit]vik n (definite singular viket, indefinite plural vik, definite plural vika)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]vik
- inflection of vika and vike (strong verbs):
- present tense
- imperative
- imperative of vika and vikja (weak verbs)
References
[edit]- “vik” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/La2-demis-vikbolandet.png/400px-La2-demis-vikbolandet.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Glencallum_Bay_and_Lighthouse_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4004.jpg/400px-Glencallum_Bay_and_Lighthouse_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4004.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Small_bay_in_Jersey.jpg/400px-Small_bay_in_Jersey.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/McWay_cove_1.jpg/400px-McWay_cove_1.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse vík, from Proto-Germanic *wīkō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]vik c
- (geography) a bay, an inlet, (in the British sense) a creek (a (relatively long and narrow) inlet from the sea or a lake, as might instead and more specifically be called a fjord (“fjord”) if surrounded by cliffs (and substantially long))
- Synonym: (obsolete) baj
- Vi bor längst in i viken
- We live at the far end of the bay/creek
- segla in i viken
- sail into the bay/creek
- simma över viken
- swim across the bay/creek
- Det bor några vikingar i viken
- There are some Vikings living in the bay/creek (possibly though controversially related)
Usage notes
[edit]Sometimes reflects conditions with less post-glacial rebound in place names.
Declension
[edit]Declension of vik | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | vik | viken | vikar | vikarna |
Genitive | viks | vikens | vikars | vikarnas |
Derived terms
[edit]- Bottniska viken (“the Gulf of Bothnia”) (vik-shaped)
- Finska viken (“the Gulf of Finland”) (vik-shaped)
- Persiska viken (“the Persian Gulf”) (more vik-shaped compared to Mexikanska golfen (“the Gulf of Mexico”))
- havsvik (a vik from the sea, specifically)
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Verb
[edit]vik
- imperative of vika
References
[edit]- vik in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- vik in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- vik in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams
[edit]Zou
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]vik
- (transitive) to launch
References
[edit]- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40
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