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laukur
laukur
Icelandic
Noun
laukur m (genitive singular lauks, nominative plural laukar)
- onion, leek, garlic
- a bulb
- the best of something (probably where the intensifying prefix lauk- comes from)[1]
- Laukur ættarinnar.
- The best of the family.
- Stíga í laukana.
- To live in good fortune.
- Laukur ættarinnar.
Declension
declension of laukur
Derived terms
- blaðlaukur
- graslaukur
- hvítlaukur
- lauk-
- laukagarður
- laukréttur
- rauðlaukur
- vorlaukur
References
- ↑ Icelandic Web of Science: Hvaðan á orðatiltækið laukrétt uppruna sinn? (“Where does the expression laukréttur come from?”)