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Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse søkkva, from Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷ- (“to sink, to drop”).
Verb
søkka (third person singular past indicative sakk, søkk, third person plural past indicative sukku, supine sokkið) (intransitive)
- to sink
- Skipið er um at søkka. ― The ship is about to sink.
Conjugation
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse søkkva.
Pronunciation
Verb
søkka (present tense søkk, past tense sokk, supine sokke, past participle sokken, present participle søkkande, imperative søkk)
- (intransitive) to sink
Skipet sokk etter å ha råka eit isfjell.- The ship sank after hitting an iceberg.
Etymology 2
From Old Norse søkkja.
Pronunciation
Verb
søkka (present tense søkker, past tense søkkte, past participle søkkt, present participle søkkande, imperative søkk)
- Alternative form of søkkja
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Noun
søkka
- definite neuter plural of søkk
- (non-standard since 1959) definite feminine singular of søkk
References
- “søkka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “søkka”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016