sprok

Icelandic

Etymology

Cognate with Swedish språk.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːk

Noun

sprok n (genitive singular sproks, nominative plural sprok)

1. (archaic) a language, a tongue

   Synonyms: tungumál, mál, tunga

   Útlent sprok.

   A foreign tongue.

2. (obsolete) locution, parlance

   Synonyms: talsháttur, talsmáti, orðatiltæki

   Út með sprokið!

   Out with it!

Declension

Declension of sprok (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sprok	sprokið	sprok	sprokin
accusative	sprok	sprokið	sprok	sprokin
dative	sproki	sprokinu	sprokum	sprokunum
genitive	sproks	sproksins	sproka	sprokanna

Derived terms

• út með sprokið! (synonymous segðu frá!, leystu frá skjóðunni!; do tell! out with it!)