bók

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See also: bok, bök, and bøk

Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse bók, from Proto-Germanic *bōks, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bók f (genitive singular bókar, plural bøkur)

  1. book

Declension[edit]

Declension of bók
f12 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bók bókin bøkur bøkurnar
accusative bók bókina bøkur bøkurnar
dative bók bókini bókum bókunum
genitive bókar bókarinnar bóka bókanna

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Hungarian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bók (plural bókok)

  1. compliment

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative bók bókok
accusative bókot bókokat
dative bóknak bókoknak
instrumental bókkal bókokkal
causal-final bókért bókokért
translative bókká bókokká
terminative bókig bókokig
essive-formal bókként bókokként
essive-modal
inessive bókban bókokban
superessive bókon bókokon
adessive bóknál bókoknál
illative bókba bókokba
sublative bókra bókokra
allative bókhoz bókokhoz
elative bókból bókokból
delative bókról bókokról
ablative bóktól bókoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
bóké bókoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
bókéi bókokéi
Possessive forms of bók
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bókom bókjaim
2nd person sing. bókod bókjaid
3rd person sing. bókja bókjai
1st person plural bókunk bókjaink
2nd person plural bókotok bókjaitok
3rd person plural bókjuk bókjaik

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Icelandic[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse bók, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bók f (genitive singular bókar, nominative plural bækur)

  1. a book

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Noun[edit]

bók f (genitive bókar or bœkr, plural bœkr)

  1. beech (tree and wood)
  2. (poetic) textile fabric with figures woven in it
  3. book
    • lesa á bók
      to read a book
    • setja á bœkr
      to set down in writing, to put on record
    • heilǫg bók
      the divine book, the Bible
  4. the Gospel
  5. Latin
    • kenna einhverjum á bók
      to teach one Latin
    • nema á bók
      to learn Latin
    • setja einhverjum til bókar
      to put one to school
  6. lawbook, code of law
    Synonym: lǫgbók
Declension[edit]
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Descendants[edit]
  • Icelandic: bók
  • Faroese: bók
  • Elfdalian: buok f
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bok m or f
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bok f
  • Old Swedish: bōk f
    • Swedish: bok c
  • Old Danish: bok
  • Gutnish: bok

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *bōkō.

Noun[edit]

bók f

  1. beech (tree and wood)
Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • bók in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • bók in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.