Faroese

Noun

sekkur m (genitive singular sekkjar, plural sekkir)

1. sack, big bag (for potatoes, flour, mail, etc.)

Declension

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sekkr, from Proto-Germanic *sakkuz ‎(“sack”), from Latin saccus ‎(“large bag”), from Ancient Greek σάκκος ‎(sákkos, “bag of coarse cloth”), from Phoenician, Ancient Egyptian 𓆷𓈎𓄜 ‎(sAq, “sack”). Cognate with Dutch zak, German Sack, Swedish säck, Hebrew שַׂק ‎(śaq, “sack, sackcloth”), Akkadian 𒆭𒊓 ‎(saqqu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛhkʏr/

  Rhymes: -ɛhkʏr

Noun

sekkur m ‎(genitive singular sekkjar, nominative plural sekkir)

1. a sack, a bag

Declension

Derived terms

• sekka
• sekkja
• hársekkur
• sekkjapípa
• kaupa köttinn í sekknum
• stinga sinni pípu í sekk