skagi

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skagi, from Proto-Germanic *skagô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskaːjɪ/

  Rhymes: -aːjɪ

Noun

skagi m (genitive singular skaga, nominative plural skagar)

1. peninsula, headland, cape

   Synonym: nes

Declension

Declension of skagi (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skagi	skaginn	skagar	skagarnir
accusative	skaga	skagann	skaga	skagana
dative	skaga	skaganum	skögum	skögunum
genitive	skaga	skagans	skaga	skaganna

Related terms

• skaga

Old Norse

Etymology

See skaga (“to protrude, jut out”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

skagi m (genitive skaga)

1. low cape, ness

Declension

  Declension of skagi (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skagi	skaginn	skagar	skagarnir
accusative	skaga	skagann	skaga	skagana
dative	skaga	skaganum	skǫgum	skǫgunum
genitive	skaga	skagans	skaga	skaganna

Descendants

• Icelandic: skagi
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skage
• Norwegian Bokmål: skage

Verb

skagi

1. inflection of skaga:
   1. first-person singular present indicative active
   2. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive active

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “skagi”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2672”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2672