vök

See also: vok

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vǫk, from Proto-Germanic *wakwō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vœːk/

  Rhymes: -œːk

Noun

vök f (genitive singular vakar, nominative plural vakir)

1. (hydrology) a hole in the ice, a polynya
2. (nephology) a break or an opening in clouds

Declension

Declension of vök (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vök	vökin	vakir	vakirnar
accusative	vök	vökina	vakir	vakirnar
dative	vök	vökinni	vökum	vökunum
genitive	vakar	vakarinnar	vaka	vakanna

Derived terms

• afætuvök
• álfavök
• brunnvök
• brynningarvök
• dorgarvök
• eiga í vök að verjast (“to be in a tight spot”)
• heiðríkjuvök
• ísvök
• selavök
• smávök
• skýjavök
• vakarbarmur
• vakarskör
• veiðivök