lykill

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lykill, from Proto-Germanic *lukilaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪːcɪtl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪːcɪtl

Noun

lykill m (genitive singular lykils, nominative plural lyklar)

  1. a key
    Ekki gleyma lyklunum þegar þú ferð út.
    Don't forget the keys on your way out.
    Ég hef þrjá lykla og tyggjó í vasanum.
    I have three keys and some gum in my pocket.
  2. (music) a clef
  3. (computing) a key; one of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard
  4. (cryptography) a cryptographic key, a key
  5. (botany) primula, primrose (plant of the genus Primula)

Declension
declension of lykill
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lykill lykillinn lyklar lyklarnir
accusative lykil lykilinn lykla lyklana
dative lykli lyklinum lyklum lyklunum
genitive lykils lykilsins lykla lyklanna

Synonyms

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lukilaz. Akin to lúka +‎ -ill.

Noun

lykill m (genitive lykils, plural luklar)

  1. key

Declension
  Declension of lykill (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lykill lykillinn lyklar, luklar lyklarnir, luklarnir
accusative lykil lykilinn lykla, lukla lyklana, luklana
dative lykli, lukli lyklinum, luklinum lyklum, luklum lyklunum, luklunum
genitive lykils lykilsins lykla, lukla lyklanna, luklanna

Descendants
  • Icelandic: lykill m
  • Faroese: lykil m
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lykel m
  • Swedish: (dialectal) lyckel c, likul
  • Old Danish: lykæl
    • Danish: (Jutlandic dialect) løgel, løgle

References
  • “lykill”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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