bakki

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse bakki, from Proto-Germanic *bankô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpaʰtʃːɪ]

Noun

bakki m (genitive singular bakka, plural bakkar)

1. cliff
2. bank

Declension

m1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bakki	bakkin	bakkar	bakkarnir
accusative	bakka	bakkan	bakkar	bakkarnar
dative	bakka	bakkanum	bakkum	bakkunum
genitive	bakka	bakkans	bakka	bakkanna

m3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bakki	bakkin	bakkar	bakkarnir
accusative	bakka	bakkan	bakkar	bakkarnar
dative	bakka	bakkanum	bøkkum	bøkkunum
genitive	bakka	bakkans	bakka	bakkanna

Greenlandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish bakke (“hill”), from Old Danish bakkæ, from Old Norse bakki, from Proto-Germanic *bankô.

Noun

bakki (plural bakkit)

1. hill

Declension

Declension of bakki

	singular	plural
absolutive	bakki	bakkit
ergative	bakkip	bakkit
allative	bakkimut	bakkinut
ablative	bakkimit	bakkinit
prosecutive	bakkikkut	bakkitigut
locative	bakkimi	bakkini
instrumental	bakkimik	bakkinik
equative	bakkitut	bakkitut

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bakki, from Proto-Germanic *bankô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpahcɪ/

  Rhymes: -ahcɪ

Noun

bakki m (genitive singular bakka, nominative plural bakkar)

1. bank (edge of river or lake)
2. tray (e.g. a dinner tray or ashtray)
3. the blunt side of a blade (on a knife, sword, etc.)

Declension

Declension of bakki (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bakki	bakkinn	bakkar	bakkarnir
accusative	bakka	bakkann	bakka	bakkana
dative	bakka	bakkanum	bökkum	bökkunum
genitive	bakka	bakkans	bakka	bakkanna

Derived terms

• matarbakki

Further reading

• “bakki” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• *banki — Old East Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bankô.

Noun

bakki m

1. bank (of a river, lake, chasm, etc.)
2. ridge, bank
3. a mound on which the target is set up
4. bank of clouds above the horizon
5. back of a knife or other cutting instrument, opp. to egg.

Declension

  Declension of bakki (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bakki	bakkinn	bakkar	bakkarnir
accusative	bakka	bakkann	bakka	bakkana
dative	bakka	bakkanum	bǫkkum	bǫkkunum
genitive	bakka	bakkans	bakka	bakkanna

Derived terms

• bakkakólfr

Descendants

Swedish and Danish forms with -kk- from western dialectal influence.

• Icelandic: bakki
• Faroese: bakki
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bakke; (dialectal) bakki, bakka, bakk
• Old Swedish: bakke (banke in the toponym Bankekind)
  • Swedish: backe, bank
• Old Danish: bakkæ
  • Danish: bakke, banke
    • Norwegian Bokmål: bakke, banke
    • → Greenlandic: bakki
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: banke

References

• “bakki”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Entry "bakki" on page 41 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).