skunkur

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from English skunk, from Abenaki segôgw (“skunk”, literally “he who squirts (musk) / urinates”), from Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa, from *šek- (“to urinate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskuŋ̊kʏr/
• Rhymes: -uŋ̊kʏr

Noun

skunkur m (genitive singular skunks, nominative plural skunkar)

1. skunk

Declension

Declension of skunkur (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skunkur	skunkurinn	skunkar	skunkarnir
accusative	skunk	skunkinn	skunka	skunkana
dative	skunki	skunknum, skunkinum	skunkum	skunkunum
genitive	skunks	skunksins	skunka	skunkanna

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “skunkur”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)