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nakkur

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *hnakka-, related to *hnakkô (back of the neck).

Noun

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nakkur m (genitive singular naks, plural nakkar)

  1. high (and steep) promontory with flat summit

Declension

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Declension of nakkur (m10)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nakkur nakkurin nakkar nakkarnir
accusative nakk nakkin nakkar nakkarnar
dative nakki nakkinum nøkkum, nakkum nøkkunum, nakkunum
genitive naks naksins nakka nakkanna

Further reading

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  • Guus Kroonen (2013) “hnekkan”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 234