júkka

See also: jukka and Jukka

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Kari'na yuca (“cassava (Manihot esculenta)”). The word was applied to plants of the genus Yucca (now the main sense), because Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) and others confused them with the cassava.

Noun

júkka f (genitive singular júkku, nominative plural júkkur)

1. yucca

   Synonym: pálmalilja

Declension

Declension of júkka (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	júkka	júkkan	júkkur	júkkurnar
accusative	júkku	júkkuna	júkkur	júkkurnar
dative	júkku	júkkunni	júkkum	júkkunum
genitive	júkku	júkkunnar	júkka	júkkanna

Further reading

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