hroki

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hroki, probably from hrokr (“heaped measure, pile”), from Proto-Germanic *hrukan-, *hraukaz.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈr̥ɔːcɪ/
Rhymes: -ɔːcɪ

Noun

hroki m (genitive singular hroka, no plural)

arrogance
Synonyms: dramb, gikksháttur, gorgeir, ofmetnaður, rembingur, rosti, stórlæti, yfirlæti, þótti

Declension

Declension of hroki
m-w1	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	hroki	hrokinn
accusative	hroka	hrokann
dative	hroka	hrokanum
genitive	hroka	hrokans

Derived terms

hrokafullur (“arrogant”)
hrokagikkur (“arrogant person”)
hrokalegur (“overbearing”)

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “hrauka”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 243

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