Noun: smekkur
Gender: m
Declension:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | smekkur |
| Sg. Def. | smekkurinn |
| Pl. Indef. | smekkir |
| Pl. Def. | smekkirnir |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | smekks |
| Sg. Def. | smekksins |
| Pl. Indef. | smekkja; smekka |
| Pl. Def. | smekkjanna; smekkanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | smekk |
| Sg. Def. | smekknum |
| Pl. Indef. | smekkjum; smekkum |
| Pl. Def. | smekkjunum; smekkunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | smekk |
| Sg. Def. | smekkinn |
| Pl. Indef. | smekki |
| Pl. Def. | smekkina |
Sample Sentences
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að (sínum) smekk (to (one's) taste)
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eftir (sínum) smekk (to (one's) taste)
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hafa smekk fyrir e-u (have a taste for something)
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fá smekk af e-u (get a taste of something)
Nouns inflected like smekkur
smekkur,
Etymology
From Old Norse -smekkr (in e.g. afsmekkr, “taste”), likely borrowed from Old English smæcc, from Proto-Germanic *smakkuz, from Proto-Indo-European *smeg-. First attested in the 1800s. Cognate with English smack, smatch, and smake. See: Old Norse Nouns '
-smekkr', Old English Nouns '
smæcc', English Nouns '
smack'.
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