dúkur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse dúkr, borrowed from Middle Low German dôk, dûk, from Old Saxon dōk, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk (“cloth, rag”), from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz (“cloth, rag”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwōg- (“cloth”)

Cognate with Danish dug, Swedish duk, Norwegian Nynorsk duk, Norwegian Bokmål duk, and German Tuch.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtuːkʏr/
  • Rhymes: -uːkʏr

Noun

dúkur m (genitive singular dúks, nominative plural dúkar)

  1. cloth, sheet (usually fabric, but also refers to things like e.g. linoleum flooring)

Declension
declension of dúkur
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dúkur dúkurinn dúkar dúkarnir
accusative dúk dúkinn dúka dúkana
dative dúki / dúk dúknum dúkum dúkunum
genitive dúks dúksins dúka dúkanna
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