laukur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse laukr, from Proto-Norse ᛚᚨᚢᚲᚨᛉ (laukaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *laukaz.

Cognate with English leek, from Middle English, from Old English lēac (“a garden herb, leek, onion, garlic”), Danish løg, Swedish lök (“onion”), German Lauch (“leek, allium”) and Bulgarian лук (luk, “onion”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈløyːkʏr/
Rhymes: -øyːkʏr

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.

Declension

Declension of laukur (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	laukur	laukurinn	laukar	laukarnir
accusative	lauk	laukinn	lauka	laukana
dative	lauk, lauki	lauknum	laukum	laukunum
genitive	lauks	lauksins	lauka	laukanna

Derived terms

References

^ Icelandic Web of Science: Hvaðan á orðatiltækið laukrétt uppruna sinn? (“Where does the expression laukréttur come from?”)

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