bakstur

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpaxstʏr/
Rhymes: -axstʏr

Noun

bakstur m (genitive singular baksturs, nominative plural bakstrar)

baking
Ekki var mjög mikið um bakstur á Íslandi fyrr á öldum.
Baking was not common in Iceland in earlier centuries.
pastry
epithem, compress, poultice (soft, moist mass applied topically to sore)
Hann lagði heitan bakstur við sárið.
He applied a hot poultice to the wound.

Declension

Declension of bakstur (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bakstur	baksturinn	bakstrar	bakstrarnir
accusative	bakstur	baksturinn	bakstra	bakstrana
dative	bakstri	bakstrinum	bökstrum	bökstrunum
genitive	baksturs	bakstursins	bakstra	bakstranna

Synonyms

Derived terms

blautbakstur (“a wet pack”)
heitur bakstur (“cataplasm, fomentation; epithema tepidum”)
hveiti til baksturs (“pastry flour”, literally “flour for baking”)
kaldur bakstur (epithema frigidum)
lyfjabakstur (epithema medicatum)
þurrabakstur

Related terms

See also

sérbakaður

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