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Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]stakkur m (genitive singular staks, plural stakkar)
Declension
[edit]m10 | Singular | Plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | stakkur | stakkurin | stakkar | stakkarnir |
Accusative | stakk | stakkin | stakkar | stakkarnar |
Dative | stakki | stakkinum | støkkum/ stakkum |
støkkunum/ stakkunum |
Genitive | staks | staksins | stakka | stakkanna |
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Norse stakkr (“a short garment; doublet”), from Proto-Germanic *stakkaz (“a short jacket”), from *stakkaz (“short”).
Noun
[edit]stakkur m (genitive singular stakks, nominative plural stakkar)
- a coat
Derived terms
[edit]- vel í stakk búinn, vera vel í stakk búinn (well prepared to do something)
- illa í stakk búinn, vera illa í stakk búinn (badly prepared to do something)
- sníða sér stakk eftir vexti (to cut one's coat according to one's cloth, to not bite off more than one can chew, to live according to one's means, and not more)
Etymology 2
[edit]From Old Norse stakkr (“barn; rick; haystack; heap; pile”), from Proto-Germanic *stakkaz (“barn; rick; haystack”). More at stack.
Noun
[edit]stakkur m (genitive singular stakks, nominative plural stakkar)
- a stack
Synonyms
[edit]- (stack): hlaði
See also
[edit]Categories:
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese nouns
- Faroese masculine nouns
- fo:Geology
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- is:Landforms