dökkur

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse døkkr, dǫkkr, from Proto-Germanic *dankwaz. Cognates include Faroese døkkur and German dunkel.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dökkur (comparative dekkri or (poetic) dökkvari, superlative dekkstur or (poetic) dökkvastur)

  1. dark

Declension

positive forms of dökkur (umlauted-comp)
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative dökkur dökk dökkt
accusative dökkan, dökkvan1 dökka, dökkva1
dative dökkum, dökkvum1 dökkri dökku, dökkvu1
genitive dökks dökkrar dökks
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative dökkir, dökkvir1 dökkar, dökkvar1 dökk
accusative dökka, dökkva1
dative dökkum, dökkvum1
genitive dökkra
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative dökki, dökkvi1 dökka, dökkva1 dökka, dökkva1
acc/dat/gen dökka, dökkva1 dökku, dökkvu1
plural (all-case) dökku, dökkvu1

1Poetic.

comparative forms of dökkur (umlauted-comp)
weak declension
(definite) 		masculine feminine neuter
singular (all-case) dekkri, dökkvari1 dekkri, dökkvari1 dekkra, dökkvara1
plural (all-case) dekkri, dökkvari1

1Poetic.

superlative forms of dökkur (umlauted-comp)
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative dekkstur, dökkvastur1 dekkst, dökkvust1 dekkst, dökkvast1
accusative dekkstan, dökkvastan1 dekksta, dökkvasta1
dative dekkstum, dökkvustum1 dekkstri, dökkvastri1 dekkstu, dökkvustu1
genitive dekksts, dökkvasts1 dekkstrar, dökkvastrar1 dekksts, dökkvasts1
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative dekkstir, dökkvastir1 dekkstar, dökkvastar1 dekkst, dökkvust1
accusative dekksta, dökkvasta1
dative dekkstum, dökkvustum1
genitive dekkstra, dökkvastra1
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative dekksti, dökkvasti1 dekksta, dökkvasta1 dekksta, dökkvasta1
acc/dat/gen dekksta, dökkvasta1 dekkstu, dökkvustu1
plural (all-case) dekkstu, dökkvustu1

1Poetic.

References

  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “dökkur”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
  • Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
  • “dökkur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
  • “dökkur”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, (Can we date this quote?)
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