smekkur

Icelandic

A baby wearing a bib.

Etymology

From Old Norse -smekkr (in e.g. afsmekkr, “taste”), likely borrowed from Old English smæcc, from Proto-Germanic *smakkuz, from Proto-Indo-European *smeg-. Cognate with English smack, smatch, and smake. In the sense “bib” a borrowing (ca. 1900) from Danish smække.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmɛhkʏr/
• Rhymes: -ɛhkʏr

Noun

smekkur m (genitive singular smekks, nominative plural smekkir)

1. personal taste
2. sense of taste

   Synonym: bragðskyn

3. bib (item of clothing for babies tied around their neck to protect their clothes from getting dirty when eating)

   Synonym: hlífðardúkur

Declension

declension of smekkur

m-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	smekkur	smekkurinn	smekkir	smekkirnir
accusative	smekk	smekkinn	smekki	smekkina
dative	smekk	smekknum	smekkjum	smekkjunum
genitive	smekks	smekksins	smekkja	smekkjanna

Derived terms

• hafa smekk fyrir (to have a liking for, to have a taste for)
• smekklegur (“tasteful, in good taste”)