lykja

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Icelandic

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Old Norse lykja.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

lykja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lukti, supine lukið)

  1. to shut, to close

Conjugation

[edit]
The template Template:is-conj-w1 does not use the parameter(s):
j=j
Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.

Synonyms

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

lykja f (genitive singular lykju, nominative plural lykjur)

  1. ampoule

Declension

[edit]

Synonyms

[edit]

Old Norse

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *lukjaną (to close, shut) (see the related *lūkaną), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (to bend, fold, turn). Doublet of lúka.

Verb

[edit]

lykja (singular past indicative lukti, plural past indicative luktu, past participle luktr)

  1. to shut, to close

Conjugation

[edit]

Descendants

[edit]
  • Icelandic: lykja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lykkja
  • Old Swedish: lykkia
  • Danish: lukke
    • Norwegian Bokmål: lukke
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: lukka

References

[edit]
  • lykja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press