læknir

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse læknir (“healer”). Equivalent to lækna +‎ -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaihknɪr/

  Rhymes: -aihknɪr

Noun

læknir m (genitive singular læknis, nominative plural læknar)

1. medical practitioner, doctor, MD

Declension

Declension of læknir (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	læknir	læknirinn	læknar	læknarnir
accusative	lækni	lækninn	lækna	læknana
dative	lækni	lækninum	læknum	læknunum
genitive	læknis	læknisins	lækna	læknanna

Derived terms

• augnlæknir
• barnalæknir
• dýralæknir
• skottulæknir

Related terms

• lækna (“to heal, cure”)

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• *lækir — Old East Norse

Etymology

Altered from earlier *lækir under the influence of the verb lækna, from Proto-Germanic *lēkijaz.

Noun

læknir m (genitive læknis, dative lækni, plural læknar)

1. (Old West Norse) healer

Declension

  Declension of læknir

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	læknir	læknirinn	læknar	læknarnir
accusative	lækni	lækninn	lækna	læknana
dative	lækni	lækninum	læknum	læknunum
genitive	læknis	læknisins	lækna	læknanna

Derived terms

• læknishǫnd

Descendants

• Icelandic: læknir
• Faroese: lækni
• Old Swedish: lǣkir, lǣkiare
  • Swedish: läkare
  • → Finnish: lääkäri, lääke
  • → Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: lækjar
• Old Danish: lægæ, legi
  • Danish: læge
    • → Norwegian:
      • Norwegian Bokmål: lege
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: lege