lykt
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Faroese
Pronunciation
Noun
lykt f (genitive singular lyktar, plural lyktir)
Declension
| Declension of lykt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| f2 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | lykt | lyktin | lyktir | lyktirnar |
| accusative | lykt | lyktina | lyktir | lyktirnar |
| dative | lykt | lyktini | lyktum | lyktunum |
| genitive | lyktar | lyktarinnar | lykta | lyktanna |
Derived terms
- lummalykt (torch light)
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse lukt, from Middle Low German lucht, from Proto-Germanic *luftuz. Doublet of luft (“air”).
Pronunciation
Noun
lykt f (genitive singular lyktar, nominative plural lyktir)
Declension
| Declension of lykt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| f-s2 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | lykt | lyktin | lyktir | lyktirnar |
| accusative | lykt | lyktina | lyktir | lyktirnar |
| dative | lykt | lyktinni | lyktum | lyktunum |
| genitive | lyktar | lyktarinnar | lykta | lyktanna |
Synonyms
- (smell): þefur
Derived terms
Derived terms
- brunalykt (“burnt smell”)
- fjósalykt (“smell of a cowshed”)
- fúkkalykt (“musty smell, damp smell”)
- hlandlykt (“smell of urine”)
- hveralykt (“smell of a hot spring, sulphuric smell”)
- ilmvatnslykt (“smell of perfume”)
- kaffilykt (“smell of coffee”)
- lyktarlaus (“odourless”)
- lyktarsterkur (“strong-smelling”)
- lyktnæmi (“sensitivity to smells”)
- lyktnæmur (“sensitive to smells”)
- matarlykt (“smell of food”)
- ólykt (“bad smell, stench”)
- reykjarlykt (“smell of smoke”)
- rotnunarlykt (“smell of decay”)
- sviðalykt (“burnt smell”)
- vínlykt (“smell of alcohol”)
- ýldulykt (“smell of decay”)
Related terms
- lykta (“to smell”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Middle Low German luchte, via the older spelling lykte; compare with Danish lygte and Swedish lykta.
Noun
lykt f or m (definite singular lykta or lykten, indefinite plural lykter, definite plural lyktene)
Derived terms
References
- “lykt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Middle Low German luchte.
Noun
lykt f (definite singular lykta, indefinite plural lykter, definite plural lyktene)
Derived terms
References
- “lykt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *lukidjō.
Noun
lykt f
Declension
Declension of lykt (strong i-stem)
Related terms
References
- “lykt”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press