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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse lykill, from Proto-Germanic *lukilaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
lykill m (genitive singular lykils, nominative plural lyklar)
- a key
Ekki gleyma lyklunum þegar þú ferð út.- Don't forget the keys on your way out.
Ég hef þrjá lykla og tyggjó í vasanum.- I have three keys and some gum in my pocket.
- (music) a clef
- (computing) a key; one of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard
- (cryptography) a cryptographic key, a key
- (botany) primula, primrose (plant of the genus Primula)
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *lukilaz. Akin to lúka + -ill.
Noun
lykill m (genitive lykils, plural luklar)
- key
Declension
Declension of lykill (strong a-stem)
| masculine
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singular
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plural
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| indefinite
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definite
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indefinite
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definite
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| nominative
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lykill
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lykillinn
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lyklar, luklar
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lyklarnir, luklarnir
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| accusative
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lykil
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lykilinn
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lykla, lukla
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lyklana, luklana
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| dative
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lykli, lukli
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lyklinum, luklinum
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lyklum, luklum
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lyklunum, luklunum
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| genitive
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lykils
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lykilsins
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lykla, lukla
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lyklanna, luklanna
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Descendants
References
- “lykill”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press