laukur

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse laukr, from Proto-Norse ᛚᚨᚢᚲᚨᛉ (laukaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *laukaz.

Cognate with English leek, from Middle English, from Old English lēac (“a garden herb, leek, onion, garlic”), Danish løg, Swedish lök (“onion”), German Lauch (“leek, allium”) and Bulgarian лук (luk, “onion”).

Pronunciation

Noun

laukur m (genitive singular lauks, nominative plural laukar)

  1. onion, leek, garlic
  2. a bulb
  3. the best of something (probably where the intensifying prefix lauk- comes from)[1]
    Laukur ættarinnar.
    The best of the family.
    Stíga í laukana.
    To live in good fortune.

Declension

Declension of laukur (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative laukur laukurinn laukar laukarnir
accusative lauk laukinn lauka laukana
dative lauk, lauki lauknum laukum laukunum
genitive lauks lauksins lauka laukanna

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Icelandic Web of Science: Hvaðan á orðatiltækið laukrétt uppruna sinn? (“Where does the expression laukréttur come from?”)
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