nakkur
Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *hnakka-, related to *hnakkô (“back of the neck”).
Noun
[edit]nakkur m (genitive singular naks, plural nakkar)
- high (and steep) promontory with flat summit
Declension
[edit]| 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
[edit]- 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