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Eik

Eik

See also: eik, EIK, and -eik

Faroese

Proper noun

Eik

  1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Eik: Eikarson
  • daughter of Eik: Eikardóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Eik
Accusative Eik
Dative Eik
Genitive Eikar

eik

eik

See also: EIK, Eik, and -eik

Dutch

Noun

eik m (plural eiken, diminutive eikje n)

  1. any oak tree (Quercus)
  2. oak wood

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • eiken adjective
  • eikel m
  • eikenbladsla
  • eikenboom m
  • eikenbos n
  • eikendreef, eikenlaan
  • eikenhakhout n
  • eikenhout n, eikenhouten
  • eikenloof n
  • eikenstam n
  • eikenwoud n
  • eikenschors
  • eikevaren, eikvaren
  • (botany: oak species) Amerikaanse eik, wintereik, zomereik

Anagrams


Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse eik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (oak).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aiːk/

Noun

eik f (genitive singular eikar, plural eikir)

  1. oak (Quercus)

Declension

Declension of eik
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative eik eikin eikir eikirnar
accusative eik eikina eikir eikirnar
dative eik eikini eikum eikunum
genitive eikar eikarinnar eika eikanna

Synonyms

Derived terms


Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse eik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (oak).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eiːk/
    Rhymes: -eiːk

Noun

eik f (genitive singular eikar or eikur, nominative plural eikur)

  1. oak (Quercus)

Declension

Synonyms


Lithuanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɛɪ̯ˑk]

Verb

eĩk

  1. second-person singular imperative of eiti.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse eik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (oak).

Noun

eik f, m (definite singular eika or eiken, indefinite plural eiker, definite plural eikene)

  1. an oak (oak tree: Quercus)
  2. oak (wood from oak trees)

Synonyms

  • eiketre

Derived terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse eik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (oak).

Noun

eik f (definite singular eika, indefinite plural eiker, definite plural eikene)

  1. an oak (oak tree: Quercus)
  2. oak (wood from oak trees)

Synonyms

  • eiketre

Derived terms

References


Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (oak).

Noun

eik f (genitive eikar or eikr, plural eikr)

  1. oak
  2. tree in general

Descendants

  • Icelandic: eik
  • Faroese: eik
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: eik
  • Norwegian Bokmål: eik
  • Danish: eg
  • Swedish: ek

References

  • eik in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press