ekki
English
Noun
ekki (uncountable)
- The hard timber of the tree Lophira alata.
- 2020 August 12, Andrew Mourant, “The tide is turning for a Victorian wonder”, in Rail, page 52:
- Refurbishment was carried out during a ten-day blockade. It entailed replacing timber elements with ekki hardwood, and more than 300 metal straps or bolts with stainless steel components.
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Anagrams
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse ekki, from Proto-Germanic *inkô.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛʰt͡ʃːɪ/
- Rhymes: -ɛʰt͡ʃːɪ
Declension
Declension of ekki (singular only) | ||
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m1s | singular | |
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | ekki | ekkin |
accusative | ekka | ekkan |
dative | ekka | ekkanum |
genitive | ekka | ekkans |
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛhcɪ/
- Rhymes: -ɛhcɪ
- (as an adverb, unstressed) IPA(key): /ɪc(ː)ɪ/
Etymology 1
From Old Norse ekki (“nothing”), from eitt (neuter of einn (“one”)) + negative suffix -gi, -ki.
Adverb
ekki
Derived terms
Derived terms
- koma fyrir ekki (to be to no avail, to come to nothing)
Etymology 2
From Old Norse ekki, from Proto-Germanic *inkô.
Noun
ekki m (genitive singular ekka, nominative plural ekkar)
Declension
Synonyms
- (sob): snökt n, ekkasog n
Old Norse
Pronunciation
- (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈɛkkɪ/
Descendants
References
- “ekki”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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