dúkur

Faroese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse dúkr, borrowed from Middle Low German dôk, dûk, from Old Saxon dōk, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk (“cloth, rag”), from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz (“cloth, rag”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwōg- (“cloth”)

Cognate with Danish dug, Swedish duk, Norwegian Nynorsk duk, Norwegian Bokmål duk, and German Tuch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʉuːkʊɹ/
• Rhymes: -ʉuːkʊɹ

Noun

dúkur m (genitive singular dúks, plural dúkar)

1. tablecloth

Declension

m6	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dúkur	dúkurin	dúkar	dúkarnir
accusative	dúk	dúkin	dúkar	dúkarnar
dative	dúki	dúkinum	dúkum	dúkunum
genitive	dúks	dúksins	dúka	dúkanna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse dúkr, borrowed from Middle Low German dôk, dûk, from Old Saxon dōk, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk (“cloth, rag”), from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz (“cloth, rag”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwōg- (“cloth”).

Cognate with Danish dug, Swedish duk, Norwegian Nynorsk duk, Norwegian Bokmål duk, and German Tuch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuːkʏr/
• Rhymes: -uːkʏr

Noun

dúkur m (genitive singular dúks, nominative plural dúkar)

1. cloth, sheet (usually fabric, but also refers to things like e.g. linoleum flooring)

Declension

Declension of dúkur (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dúkur	dúkurinn	dúkar	dúkarnir
accusative	dúk	dúkinn	dúka	dúkana
dative	dúk, dúki	dúknum	dúkum	dúkunum
genitive	dúks	dúksins	dúka	dúkanna