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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *hnakka-, related to *hnakkô (back of the neck).

Noun

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nakkur m (genitive singular naks, plural nakkar)

  1. high (and steep) promontory with flat summit

Declension

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m10 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative nakkur nakkurin nakkar nakkarnir
Accusative nakk nakkin nakkar nakkarnar
Dative nakki nakkinum nøkkum/
nakkum
nøkkunum/
nakkunum
Genitive naks naksins nakka nakkanna


Further reading

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  • Guus Kroonen (2013) “hnekkan”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 234