flóki

See also: floki and Flóki

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse flóki (“tuft of hair”), from Proto-Germanic *flukkōn-, *flukkan-, *fluksōn- (“down, flock”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“hair, fibres, tuft”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈflɔuːtʃɪ]

Noun

flóki m (genitive singular flóka, plural flókar)

1. bank of fog, mist
2. tuft of wool

Declension

m1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	flóki	flókin	flókar	flókarnir
accusative	flóka	flókan	flókar	flókarnar
dative	flóka	flókanum	flókum	flókunum
genitive	flóka	flókans	flóka	flókanna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse flóki (“tuft of hair”), from Proto-Germanic *flukkōn-, *flukkan-, *fluksōn- (“down, flock”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“hair, fibres, tuft”).

Noun

flóki m (genitive singular flóka, nominative plural flókar)

1. tangle

   Synonym: flækja

2. felt
3. dark cloud

Declension

Declension of flóki (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	flóki	flókinn	flókar	flókarnir
accusative	flóka	flókann	flóka	flókana
dative	flóka	flókanum	flókum	flókunum
genitive	flóka	flókans	flóka	flókanna

Further reading

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