Faroese

Noun

bakki m (genitive singular bakka, plural bakkar)

1. cliff
2. bank

Declension

Greenlandic

Etymology

Borrowing from Danish bakke ‎(“hill”), from Old Danish bakkæ, from Old Norse bakki, from Proto-Germanic *bankô.

Noun

bakki ‎(plural bakkit)

1. hill

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bakki, from Proto-Germanic *bankô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpahcɪ/

  Rhymes: -ahcɪ

Noun

bakki m ‎(genitive singular bakka, nominative plural bakkar)

1. bank (edge of river or lake)
2. tray (e.g. a dinner tray or ashtray)
3. the blunt side of a blade (on a knife, sword, etc.)

Declension

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bankô.

Noun

bakki m

1. bank (of a river, lake, chasm, etc.)
2. ridge, bank
3. a mound on which the target is set up
4. bank of clouds above the horizon
5. back of a knife or other cutting instrument, opp. to egg.

Declension

Derived terms

• bakkakólfr

Descendants

References

• bakki in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Entry "bakki" on page 41 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).